Temasek Green Tree Snail (Amphidromus atricallosus temasek)The genus name Amphidromus refers to a ve
Temasek Green Tree Snail (Amphidromus atricallosus temasek)The genus name Amphidromus refers to a very interesting and highly unusual aspect of these Asian snails. Some species of Amphidromus have right-handed shells (dextral), which is the norm for most land snails, and some species of Amphidromus have left-handed shells (sinistral), which is unusual for land snails. Even more unusual are the species of Amphidromus that fall into a third category, the species of Amphidromus in which individuals can be born having either a right-handed or a left-handed shell, seemingly with the same frequency. Snails can only mate with snails that have a shell coiling the same direction as themselves, so this is a strange trait. The species portrayed in the illustration is the species Amphidromus atricallosus, specifically the subspecies Amphidromus atricallosus temasek. The subspecies name ‘temasek’ references a region in Singapore.Etsy | DeviantArt | Instagram -- source link
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