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Amphicyclotus

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Amphicyclotus
Shell of Amphicyclotus maleri (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Architaenioglossa
Superfamily: Cyclophoroidea
Family: Neocyclotidae
Subfamily: Amphicyclotinae
Genus: Amphicyclotus
Crosse & P. Fischer, 1879[1]
Type species
Cyclostoma (Cyclophorus) boucardi
L. Pfeiffer, 1857
Species[2]

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Synonyms[2]
  • Aperostoma (Amphicyclotus) Crosse & P. Fischer, 1879 (unaccepted rank)
  • Megacyclotus Bartsch & J. P. E. Morrison, 1942 junior subjective synonym

Amphicyclotus is a genus of tropical land snails with gills and an operculum, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Neocyclotidae[2] (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).

Amphicyclotus is the type genus of the family Neocyclotidae.

Species

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Species within the genus Amphicyclotus include:

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Crosse H. & Fischer P. (1879). J. Conchyliol. 27: 46.
  2. ^ a b c Amphicyclotus Crosse & P. Fischer, 1879. 14 December 2024. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
  • Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16, 2017

Further reading

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  • [1]
  • Bartsch, P. & Morrison, J. P. E. ( (1942). "Part 3 - The cyclophorid mollusks of the mainland of America. In: Torre, C. de la; Bartsch, P.; Morrison, J. P. E. The cyclophorid operculate land mollusks of America". United States National Museum Bulletin. 181: 181–182.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  • Kobelt, W. (1902). Das Tierreich. Eine Zusammenstellung und Kennzeichnung der rezenten Tierformen. 16. Lieferung. Mollusca. Cyclophoridae. Berlin: R. Friedländer. p. 248.