Amphidromus

Amphidromus
The species Amphidromus roseolabiatus has dextral shell coiling.
The species Amphidromus fuscolabris has sinistral shell coiling.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group Sigmurethra
Superfamily: Helicoidea
Family: Camaenidae
Subfamily: Camaeninae
Genus: Amphidromus
Albers, 1850[1]
Type species
Amphidromus perversus
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Diversity[2][3]
over 110 species

Amphidromus is a genus of tropical air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Camaenidae. The shells of Amphidromus are relatively large, from 25 mm (0.98 in) to 75 mm (3.0 in) in maximum dimension, and particularly colorful. During the 18th century, they were among the first Indonesian land snail shells brought to Europe by travelers and explorers. Since then, the genus has been extensively studied, with several comprehensive monographs and catalogs published by naturalists and zoologists from the early 19th to the mid 20th century. Modern studies have focused on better understanding the evolutionary relationships within the group, as well as solving taxonomic problems.

The genus Amphidromus includes species that have dextral shell-coiling and species that have sinistral shell-coiling. In addition, some species within this genus are particularly notable because their populations simultaneously include left-handed and right-handed shell coiling individuals; this is a very rare phenomenon, and very interesting to biologists. Studies focused on the soft anatomy of Amphidromus are scattered and fragmentary. Information on the internal anatomy is known only from a few species, and no larger, comparative morphological study has ever been carried out.

Species in the genus Amphidromus are arboreal — in other words, they are tree snails. However, more information on their habits is still lacking. The general feeding habits of these snails are unknown, but a few species are known to feed on microscopic fungi, lichens or terrestrial algae. Amphidromus are preyed upon by birds, snakes, and probably also smaller mammals, such as rats.

Taxonomy and history

German zoologist Eduard von Martens (1831 – 1904) published the first comprehensive monograph on the genus Amphidromus in 1867, and many of his concepts are still in use.[4]

The shells of Amphidromus are relatively large and colorful, and were among the first Indonesian land snail shells brought back to Europe by travelers and explorers during the 18th century. Comparatively, a much smaller number of specimens have been gathered by malacologists.[4] Several species and forms were described before 1800, generally with inadequate locality data. At least two names — Amphidromus laevus (Müller, 1774) and the form Amphidromus perversus f. aureus Martyn, 1784 — still have not been reported from a precise locality.[4]

Many species and varieties were named during the first half of the nineteenth century, again usually with poor locality data. Not until the Eduard von Martens (1867) published his monograph[5] was there an effort to deal with the entire complex of species within this genus. The monograph showed a surprisingly deep understanding of the variation within the genus and the problems of the geographic distribution; many concepts that von Martens' originated are still being utilized.[4]

In 1896, Hugh Fulton[6] organized 142 specific and varietal names into eighteen species groups containing a total of 64 species. When the monograph Manual of Conchology of Henry Augustus Pilsbry (1900)[7] appeared, the number of species had increased to 81, which were placed in nineteen groups. Pilsbry's study has remained the only illustrated monograph of the genus, and it is still considered indispensable for any serious study.[4]

Since 1900, the major taxonomic studies on Amphidromus have been faunistic (a study of the fauna of some territory or area) in scope. The papers of American malacologist Paul Bartsch (1917, 1918, 1919)[8][9][10] on the Philippine species, Bernhard Rensch (1932)[11] on the Lesser Sunda Islands forms, and Tera van Benthem Jutting (1950, 1959)[12][13] on Javan and Sumatran populations are especially comprehensive. Potentially the most valuable[4] contribution is that of Curt Haniel (1921),[14] who discussed the variation of Amphidromus contrarius and Amphidromus reflexilabris on Timor; variations in color and form were well illustrated in a series of color plates.

Many of the later conclusions by Frank Fortescue Laidlaw & Alan Solem (1961)[4] concerning the relationships of color forms described as species, were taken not so much from new collections, as from the extent of variation that was outlined by Haniel (1921) in his pioneer study. Adolf Michael Zilch (1953)[15] listed type specimens in the Senckenberg Museum, and illustrated many previously unfigured species.

Literature published after 1900 contains many scattered descriptions of new color forms and subspecies. Of the 309 names in the nomenclatural list, 111 (35.9%) were published after Pilsbry (1900).[4] Frank Fortescue Laidlaw & Alan Solem (1961)[4] recognized 74 species by name, and considered that material from the Banda Islands probably represented an undescribed species. Eleven of the species recognized by Laidlaw & Solem were described after the appearance of Pilsbry's monograph. However, several species recognized by Pilsbry have been subordinated to subspecific or varietal status, and a few names have been transferred to incertae sedis, since they are based on hundred-year-old references that have not been substantiated by more recent collectors. The study by Frank Fortescue Laidlaw & Alan Solem (1961) forms a supplement to Pilsbry's monograph with his extensive plates.[4]

Characterization

Species in the genus Amphidromus usually have smooth, glossy, brightly colored, elongate or conic, dextrally or sinistrally coiled shells. The shells are moderately large, ranging from 25 mm (0.98 in) to 70 mm (2.8 in) in maximum dimension, having from 6 to 8 convex whorls. Their color pattern is usually monochromatic yellowish or greenish, but can be variegated. The aperture is oblique or ovate in shape, without any teeth or folds, and with the aperture height ranging from two-fifths to one-third of total shell height.[4][16] The peristome is expanded and/or reflected, and is sometimes thickened. The columella may be straight or recurved, and the parietal callus is weak to well-developed, and the umbilicus may be open or closed. The radula is spatulate, has cusped teeth arranged in rows, usually with a monocuspid central tooth and bicuspid or tricuspid lateral teeth. The jaw is thin and weak, with low flat ribs. The pallial region is sigmurethrous, with a very long, narrow kidney. The genitalia are that of typical camaenids, with a long seminal receptacle, and a short penis with low insertion of the retractor muscle[4], and a short or long epiphallic caecum (flagellum and appendix). The spermatophores have a pentagonal outline in cross-section. Amphidromus are typically arboreal animals.[16]

Shell description

The shells of Amphidromus are relatively large, from one to three inches high, and colorful. Amphidromus has an elongate-conic or ovate-conic helicoid shell of 5 to 8 whorls. The shell may be thin and fragile, or very heavy and solid, with no known correlation of shell structure with distribution or habitats.[4]

Shell coiling

In some species within this genus, the shell coils invariably to the right, and in many others just as invariably to the left.[4] However, a significant number of species in this genus are "amphidromine";[4] this term means that both left- and right-handed shell coiling are found within the same population. One could say they are "polymorphic" for the direction of shell coiling, but because there are only two possible types of shell coiling, they are described as "dimorphic" in coiling. The two types of shell coiling occur in some species in approximately equal numbers, other species have a distinct predominance of one phase.[4] There is as yet no information on the heredity of this character in Amphidromus.[4]

Because almost all other species of amphidromine gastropods, such as ones within the genera Partula and Achatinella, have already become extinct,[17] the genus Amphidromus, containing over 110 species, is uniquely useful for the study of the evolution of asymmetry in animals,[17] and this is why the conservation of this genus is of essential importance to biologists.

Shell shape and sculpture

Amphidromus atricallosus leucoxanthus has a shell form that is typical for the genus Amphidromus: it is moderately convex and smooth.

The whorls of the shell of species of Amphidromus are moderately convex and, with only a few exceptions, are smooth or have a faint sculpture of growth lines.[4] However, a sculpture of moderately heavy oblique radial ribs has appeared at least four separate times in the genus, and can be seen in the following species: Amphidromus costifer Smith from Binh Dinh Province in Vietnam; Amphidromus begini Morlet from Cambodia; Amphidromus heccarii Tapparone-Canefri from Celebes; and the Amphidromus palaceus-Amphidromus winteri complex from Java and Sumatra.[4] Correlated with the ribbing is a light, monochrome coloration, and a thin shell with a large aperture and a flaring lip. Many solid shells in other species do show a slight roughening of the surface, but this is very different from the ribbed sculpture mentioned above.[4]

The aperture is generally large, varying from about two-fifths to one-third the height of the shell, often within the same population.[4] Usually the lip is at least somewhat expanded, and in forms such as Amphidromus reflexilahris Schepman and Amphidromus winteri (Pfeiffer) var. inauris Fulton, the lip can only be called flaring. In Amphidromus perversus (Linnaeus) and most other thick-shelled species, the lip is internally thickened, forming a "roll" in its expansion, and has a very heavy parietal callus. In thin-shelled species, the lip is usually a simple reflected edge. The umbilical area can be partially open, nearly closed, or sealed. This feature sometimes provides a useful criterion for specific identification. The angle of the parietal wall varies, but no precise information on this has been compiled.[4]

Generally the whorls of the shell increase rather regularly in size, however, species which are probably closely related, such as Amphidromus sinistralis (Reeve) and Amphidromus heccarii Tapparone-Canefri, can have quite different degrees of whorl increment. No attempt has been made to express these differences meristically, since most of the available material was inadequate for statistical treatment.[4] Actual dimensions of the shell vary greatly both within and between species. The minimum adult size is about 21 mm high, the observed maximum about 75 mm. There is not much variation in adult size within species: only a few species, notably Amphidromus maculiferus, Amphidromus sinensis and Amphidromus entobaptus, have a variation in adult size that is greater than seven or eight millimeters in total.[4]

Shell coloration

Amphidromus everetti shell is brightly colored, a feature which is typical of arboreal snails in general.
The dark varix on this Amphidromus perversus shell marks a resting stage.

The single most major aspect of shell variation within the genus is the color patterning. In general, many arboreal snails are brightly colored, obvious examples being the bulimulid genera Drymaeus and Liguus, the cepolid Polymita, and the camaenid Papuina. However, Polymita, Liguus and Amphidromus are particularly noted for their color variations.[4]

The basic ground color of Amphidromus appears to be yellow, and this color is usually (except for Amphidromus entobaptus) confined to the surface layers of the shell, since worn specimens appear to be nearly devoid of color. In some species the background color is whitish, and a few have dark background colors. The apical whorls are pale, purple, brown, or black, and this sometimes varies within a population (as in Amphidromus quadrasi). A few species, for example Amphidromus schomburgki, have a deciduous green periostracum.[4]

Continuous zonal patterns can take the form of whitish subsutural bands (Amphidromus similis), heavy subperipheral pigmentation (Amphidromus perversus var. infraviridis), subsutural color lines (Amphidromus columellaris), broad spiral color bands (Amphidromus metabletus, Amphidromus webbi), or narrow spiral bands (Amphidromus laevus).[4] Interrupted zonation can consist of the interruption of bands into spots in (Amphidromus maculatus); highly irregular splitting of zones (Amphidromus perversus vars. sultanus and interruptus); formation of oblique radial streaks which run parallel to (in Amphidromus inversus) or cross (in Amphidromus latestrigatus) the incremental growth lines; or almost every conceivable combination and variation of these factors. Often the pattern will change radically from the apex to the body whorl (in Amphidromus quadrasi vars.).[4] The aperture, parietal callus, columella, lip, and umbilical region are variously marked with pink, brown, purple, white, or black. Haniel (1921)[14] includes several color plates which clearly demonstrate the extent of color variation within two species of the Syndromus type. Amphidromus perversus and Amphidromus maculiferus of the Amphidromus subgenus are equally variable, whereas species such as Amphidromus inversus and Amphidromus similis are almost uniform in coloration.[4]

In shells of most of the species in the Amphidromus subgenus, resting stages are marked by the deposition of a brown or black radial band called a varix. This appears to be rare in the Syndromus subgenus, although the shell of Amphidromus laevus does show evidence of interruption of the spiral banding after a resting phase.[4]

Species recognition

Species recognition is based on combinations of minor structural variations in the shape, aperture, whorl contour, umbilical region, and color pattern. It appears to be the case that many species have a stable color pattern, while other species seem to vary tremendously. Adequate unselected field samples will enable a better understanding of the relative stability or variability of particular species in single localities.[4]

Anatomy

Information concerning the soft anatomy of Amphidromus is widely scattered and fragmentary.[4] The most complete account is that of Arnold Jacobi (1895)[18] on specimens from Great Natuna (Natuna Islands) and Djemadja (Anamba Islands).[4] Unfortunately, although anatomical differences between the two species existed, we have no idea which forms he was dissecting, since, of the two names he used in his paper, Amphidromus chloris is found only in the Philippine Islands and the interruptus phase of Amphidromus perversus is not known from the Natuna Islands.[4] Carl Arend Friedrich Wiegmann (1893, 1898)[19][20] discussed portions of the anatomy of Amphidromus adamsii, Amphidromus porcellanus, Amphidromus contrarius, and Amphidromus sinistralis; Walter Edward Collinge (1901, 1902)[21][22] briefly noted features of Amphidromus palaceus and Amphidromus perakensis (reported as Amphidromus perversus); Haniel (1921)[14] dissected Amphidromus contrarius and Amphidromus reflexilabris; and Bernhard Rensch published a few scattered notes in his various faunistic surveys.[4] A few earlier notes are mentioned in Pilsbry (1900).[4][7]

Characters such as the long, narrow kidney with reflexed ureter and closed secondary ureter, the penial complex with distinct penis, which is continuous with the epiphallus, epiphallic caecum (a flagellum and an appendix), unbranched gametolytic duct, lack of vaginal accessory organs, and the basic condition of the nervous and retractor muscle systems support the inclusion of Amphidromus in the family Camaenidae.[4][16] This group of snails occur in a wide variety of habitats in the tropics of Eastern Asia and Australasia, and is one of the most diverse families in the clade Stylommatophora.[23] Though Laidlaw & Solem (1961)[4] provided no more additional details on the anatomy of Amphidromus, subsequent studies by distinct authors, e.g., Bishop (1977)[24] and Solem (1983)[25], have demonstrated that the reproductive system can provide valuable data for species recognition.

Diversity and phylogeny

Prior to 1900, the similarity in shape of the shell of Amphidromus to that of South American tree snails in the family Bulimulidae had misled taxonomists.[4] However, the dissections made by Wiegmann and Jacobi clearly showed that the inner anatomical features of Amphidromus were the same as those of the Asian-Indonesian Camaenidae, and that the shell resemblance to bulimulids was merely an example of parallelism.[4]

Subgenera and species

Laidlaw and Solem (1961) recognized 75 species in the genus Amphidromus, and placed another seven names under incertae sedis.[4] In 2010, seven species in the genus Amphidromus were recognized.[17][26][27]

Species within the genus Amphidromus are divided into two subgenera, as in the following list:[17]

Amphidromus perversus (originally described as Helix perversus by Linnaeus in 1758) is the type species of the genus Amphidromus, by the subsequent designation of Eduard von Martens (1860).[4][28] Species in the subgenus Amphidromus are amphidromine (left-handed and right-handed snails occur in the population) with a few exceptions. Four dextral taxa are: Amphidromus givenchyi, Amphidromus protania, Amphidromus schomburgki dextrochlorus and Amphidromus inversus annamiticus; and one sinistral: Amphidromus atricallosus classiaris.[17] They usually have large (height often exceeding 35 mm (1.4 in), and a height/width ratio less than 1.85) yellowish or greenish colored shells. They also have a long epiphallus and flagellum, and a usually present appendix.[16]

All but two species within the subgenus Syndromus are sinistral. The exceptions are the amphidromine Amphidromus glaucolarynx and the dextral Amphidromus kruehni.[27] The type species of the subgenus Syndromus is Amphidromus contrarius Müller, 1774, by the subsequent designation of Adolf Michael Zilch (1960).[4][29] The subgenus Goniodromus Bülow, 1905 has also been used.[30] with the type being Amphidromus büllowi Fruhstorfer, 1905,[4] but its subgeneric status is doubtful.[16] Syndromus species have smaller shells (height usually less than 35 mm (1.4 in) and height/width ratio greater than 1.85), with variable color pattern. They also have a short epiphallus and flagellum, lacking an appendix.[16]

Phylogeny

Molecular analyses of partial sequences of 16S rDNA of 18 distinct species carried out by Sutcharit and colleagues (2007)[17] indicate that Amphidromus is a monophyletic group. In their study, different cladograms obtained through distinct methods such as maximum parsimony, neighbor joining and maximum likelihood were congruent among themselves. Though the topology obtained for the subgenus Amphidromus was fairly consistent with current taxonomy, the phylogeny of sinistral Syndromus species showed no such correspondence. Also according to their results, enantiomorphy seems to be the ancestral state of shell coiling in the genus Amphidromus, which is contrary to the general expectation of dextrally coiled shells as an ancestral condition.[17]

Fossil history

Currently, no reliable pre-human fossil occurrences of Amphidromus have been recorded.[4] Tera van Benthem Jutting (1932)[31] reported finding several specimens of Amphidromus filozonatus which had been eaten in prehistoric times by natives, in Sampoeng Cave, central Java; and a few years later (van Benthem Jutting, 1937, pp. 92–94)[32] the same author reported a single specimen of Amphidromus palaceus from the Trinil Beds of Java. Neither record predates human occupancy, and therefore these shed no light on the pre-human history of Amphidromus.[4]

Ecology

Meghalaya, in India, is one of the many places where Amphidromus species can be found.
Aestivating Amphidromus roseolabiatus inside sterile fronds of stag horn ferns, Platycerium.
Pair of Amphidromus (Syndromus) sp. Red arrows shows protruded vaginal stimulator pilaster (vsp), which may be a stimulating organ.[3]

Distribution

The genus Amphidromus ranges from eastern India, in south-western Asia (limited to the north by the Himalayas), to northern Australia (limited eastward by Weber's Line).[16][25] Amphidromus species are found in localities as follows: from the Garo Hills and Khasi Hills of Meghalaya in northeastern India; throughout Burma, Malay Peninsula, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Indonesia as far east as the Sulawesi, Banda Islands, Timor and the Tenimber Islands (but not on Ceram, Buru, Halmahera, Batjan Island, the Obi Islands, the Aru and Kei Islands or the Talaud Archipelago and some Celebesian satellite islands); in the southern Philippines, notably Mindanao and the Balabac, Palawan;[4] and in northern Australia (solely represented by Amphidromus cognatus).[25]

Habitat and feeding habits

Amphidromus species are arboreal land snails.[4] Further information concerning the habits and mode of life of the species of Amphidromus is almost non-existent,[4] however, these snails have generally been collected while crawling on trees or shrubs.[4] The diet of Amphidromus is unknown, but Amphidromus atricallosus perakensis is thought to feed on microscopic fungi, lichens or terrestrial algae.[33]

Life cycle

No life history studies have been published, and only a few random observations are scattered through the literature. The most important is that of Eugen Paravicini (1921)[34] on egg-laying.[4] Paravicini's observations were made on the species Amphidromus palaceus var. pura at Palimanan, West Java, in October, 1920. Natives brought in two "nests" with the snails depositing eggs; one snail had folded the exterior leaves of a young bamboo shoot and gummed them together into a pointed cornet. The shoot hung vertically with the narrow end pointed upward and the wide opening below.[4] The upper part of the sack was filled with eggs when collected.[4] The snail descended slowly, rotating around its longitudinal axis, and deposited eggs until the entire cavity was filled. If a crack in the basket exposed eggs to the air, they quickly dried up. Two days after capture, egg-laying was finished and the snail closed the opening by folding over more leaves.[4] Probably four days were spent in egg-laying, since the cavity was half filled at the start of observations. A second nest of similarly folded mango leaves contained 234 eggs.[4] The volume of eggs in each case greatly exceeded the size of the snail, indicating that the eggs must be encapsulated just before deposition.[4] The capsules were very thin, and dried quickly upon any exposure to the air.[4] October marked the start of the rainy season and probably this is the normal breeding period. Eggs of Amphidromus porcellanus were reported by van Benthem Jutting (1950, p. 493)[12] to have started hatching only ten days after being laid. Similar nest-building habits have been reported for other species, but no complete study of a life cycle has been published.[4] Up until 1961, no information was available on the cycle of activity, longevity, rate of growth, etc.[4]

Schilthuizen et al. (2005) described the spatial structure of a population of Amphidromus inversus in Malaysia.[35] Schilthuizen et al. (2007) found that there is sexual selection in mating with snails of the opposite chirality.[36] This means that the left-handed snails mate more often with right-handed snails than they do with snails of the same coiling. Additionally there are anatomical adaptations of the spermatophore and of the female part of the reproductive system for the success of these matings.[36]

Predators

Predators of Amphidromus snails include the red-crowned barbet Megalaima rafflesii,[37] and probably other bird species.[33] Asian snakes in the genus Pareas are known to feed on Amphidromus species by removing the soft parts from the shells.[38][16] Many shells of Amphidromus were found in the den of a rat in Malaysia.[36]

See also

References

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