Amphidromus inversus
Encyclopedia
Amphidromus inversus is a species
of air-breathing land snail
, a terrestrial
pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Camaenidae
.
of population of Amphidromus inversus in Malaysia.
Species
In biology, a species is one of the basic units of biological classification and a taxonomic rank. A species is often defined as a group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring. While in many cases this definition is adequate, more precise or differing measures are...
of air-breathing land snail
Land snail
A land snail is any of the many species of snail that live on land, as opposed to those that live in salt water and fresh water. Land snails are terrestrial gastropod mollusks that have shells, It is not always an easy matter to say which species are terrestrial, because some are more or less...
, a terrestrial
Terrestrial animal
Terrestrial animals are animals that live predominantly or entirely on land , as compared with aquatic animals, which live predominantly or entirely in the water , or amphibians, which rely on a combination of aquatic and terrestrial habitats...
pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Camaenidae
Camaenidae
Camaenidae is a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Helicoidea.This is one of the most diverse families in the clade Stylommatophora....
.
Ecology
Schilthuizen et al. (2005) described spatial structureSpatial ecology
Spatial ecology is a specialization of ecologyand geography that is concerned with the identification of spatial patterns and their relationships to ecological events. In spatial ecology, ecological events can be explained through the detection of patterns at a given spatial scale; local,...
of population of Amphidromus inversus in Malaysia.
Further reading
- Schilthuizen M. et al. (2007) "Sexual selection maintains whole-body chiral dimorphism in snails". Journal of Evolutionary BiologyJournal of Evolutionary BiologyThe Journal of Evolutionary Biology is a scientific journal in the field of evolutionary biology, published by Blackwell Publishing on behalf of the European Society for Evolutionary Biology. Delayed open access is available 2 years after publication. The founding editor was Stephen C. Stearns.-...
, - Schilthuizen M. & Looijestijn S. (2009). "The Sexology of the Chirally Dimorphic Snail Species Amphidromus inversus (Gastropoda: Camaenidae)". MalacologiaMalacologiaMalacologia is a peer-reviewed scientific journal in the field of malacology, the study of mollusks. The journal publishes articles in the fields of molluscan systematics, ecology, population ecology, genetics, molecular genetics, evolution, and phylogenetics.The journal specializes in publishing...
51(2): 379-387. doi:10.4002/040.051.0210 - Sutcharit C. (2006). "A new subspecies of Amphidromus (A.) inversus (Müller, 1774) from Peninsular Malaysia". Journal of Conchology 39(1): 79-83. (19 June 2007) "Kurkentrekkers leiden tot slakken-seksschandaal". Naturalis.