Amphicyclotus

Amphicyclotus
Shell of Amphicyclotus maleri (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific 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]
See text
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

Species within the genus Amphicyclotus include:

• Amphicyclotus boucardi (L. Pfeiffer, 1857)
• Amphicyclotus cinereus (Drouët, 1859)
• Amphicyclotus gayi (Hupée, 1854)
• Amphicyclotus maleri Crosse & P. Fischer, 1883
• Amphicyclotus megaplanus J. P. E. Morrison, 1955
• Amphicyclotus palenquensis (Pilsbry, 1935)
• Amphicyclotus parvus F. G. Thompson, 1963
• Amphicyclotus paulsonorum F. G. Thompson, 1969
• Amphicyclotus ponderosus (L. Pfeiffer, 1853)
• Amphicyclotus texturatus (G. B. Sowerby I, 1850)
• Amphicyclotus vesconesi (Jousseaume, 1897)

See also

• Amphicyclotulus is a different genus in the same family Neocyclotidae.

References

1. Crosse H. & Fischer P. (1879). J. Conchyliol. 27: 46.
2. 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

• [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.
• Kobelt, W. (1902). Das Tierreich. Eine Zusammenstellung und Kennzeichnung der rezenten Tierformen. 16. Lieferung. Mollusca. Cyclophoridae. Berlin: R. Friedländer. p. 248.