Amphicoelina Explained

Amphicoelina is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Camaeninae of the family Camaenidae.^[1]

Previously to 2014 this genus was classified under the family Plectopylidae ^[2]

Distribution

Distribution of the genus Amphicoelina includes Hunan and Hubei provinces in southern China.^[2]

Species

Species within the genus Amphicoelina include:

1. Amphicoelina biconcava (Heude, 1882) - type species of the genus Amphicoelina^[2]
2. Amphicoelina diplomphala (Möllendorff, 1885)^[2]
3. Amphicoelina omphalospira (Möllendorff, 1897)^[2]
4. Amphicoelina subobvoluta (Ancey, 1882)^[2]

References

• Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16, 2017.

Notes and References

1. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Amphicoelina Zilch, 1960. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=995875 on 2021-06-13
2. Páll-Gergely B. & Asami T. (2014). "Additional information on the distribution, anatomy and systematics of living and fossil Chinese Plectopylidae (Gastropoda: Pulmonata)". Genus 25(3): 527-564. PDF.