Amphibulima
Photo of the day (38): Amphibulima
29-01-2009 16:26
Three species of
Amphibulima
have been reported from Dominica, of which the local
subspecies of
A.
patula
is the most frequently encountered. The two
others,
A.
pardalina
and
A.
browni
Pilsbry, 1899 are much rarer. The latter is here
pictured, thanks to David Robinson (yes, him again
:-)
Seeming-slug or semi-slug
21-01-2009 22:18
Several months ago I
showed
some pictures of a semi-slug that remained puzzling
at that time. With the help of David Robinson we
reached the conclusion that it must have been a
juvenile of
Amphibulima
pardalina
Guppy, 1868. The poor snail just happened to have
lost his shell and probably didn’t survive his moment
of fame before the camera lens...
David sent me the following pictures that convinced me of this ID.
NB: remarkable that there is a light and a dark brown coloured form of this animal.
Thanks again, David!
David sent me the following pictures that convinced me of this ID.
NB: remarkable that there is a light and a dark brown coloured form of this animal.
Thanks again, David!
Photo of the day (31): Amphibulima
06-01-2009 21:53
Today two more pictures of
Amphibulima
that were very kindly sent by Dr David Robinson. It
are juvenile specimens of
A.
patula
from St. Kitts. David writes: “[It] is definitely
present on St. Kitts and on Nevis”, islands were it
hasn’t been reported from hitherto.
David sent me other pics as well, more on those later.
David sent me other pics as well, more on those later.
Update on Dominican Amphibulima
04-12-2008 21:23
After all those ‘varia’ subjects it’s time to pay
attention to Neotropical snails again.
Today I met with Ad Hovestadt, specialist on Antillean snails, to discuss about his recent trip to Dominica. He showed me some Amphibulima shells and suggested that the pictures shown here are actually Amphibulima patula (Bruguière, 1792), a young specimen. The two other species known from the island - A. pardalina Guppy, 1868 and A. browni Pilsbry, 1899 - have also be collected by him and he gave me an alcohol preserved specimen of the former. This specimen was depicted in this post.
We decided to write on joint paper on these and other species which he collected during his trip.
Today I met with Ad Hovestadt, specialist on Antillean snails, to discuss about his recent trip to Dominica. He showed me some Amphibulima shells and suggested that the pictures shown here are actually Amphibulima patula (Bruguière, 1792), a young specimen. The two other species known from the island - A. pardalina Guppy, 1868 and A. browni Pilsbry, 1899 - have also be collected by him and he gave me an alcohol preserved specimen of the former. This specimen was depicted in this post.
We decided to write on joint paper on these and other species which he collected during his trip.
Photo of the day (25): Amphibulima
25-11-2008 13:56
Ad Hovestadt sent me a picture taken during his
recent trip to Dominica, West Indies. Although the
background is accidentally sharper than the shell,
this is probably a specimen of Amphibulima browni
Pilsbry, 1899.
It is one of those rare species that are seldomly collected, so it is fortunate to be pictured.
Thanks Ad!
Update: After examining the shell of this specimen Ad and I have come to the conclusion that it actually represents the very similar A. pardalina Guppy, 1868
It is one of those rare species that are seldomly collected, so it is fortunate to be pictured.
Thanks Ad!
Update: After examining the shell of this specimen Ad and I have come to the conclusion that it actually represents the very similar A. pardalina Guppy, 1868
Photo of the day (3): Amphibulima
31-03-2008 16:25
Just received some photo's from someone who was in
Dominica and hiked high in the mountains there. He
took several pictures of snails, one of which is this
Amphibulima patula (Bruguière, 1789)
Photo: Clayton Kern
Photo: Clayton Kern