Amplirhagada is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Camaenidae. This genus is endemic to the Kimberley region in northwesternmost Western Australia, where it represents the most species-rich genus of land snails.Köhler, F. (2010). Uncovering local endemism in the Kimberley, Western Australia: Description of new species of the genus Amplirhagada Iredale, 1933 (Pulmonata, Camaenidae). Records of the Australian Museum 62(2): 217-284.
Characteristic features Amplirhagada-species exhibit variable shells ranging from broadly conical to highly turreted in shape. Shells are comparatively large, ranging from about 10 to 25 mm in height and from about 15 to 30 mm in diameter. Shells are often banded but uniformly brown species are also known. The umbilicus is narrowly winding and open, partly or completely concealed by the columellar reflection. Typical features of the genital organs comprise presence of penial sheath and penial verge and absence of an epiphallus.
Species Currently, 56 species are known.Solem, A. 1981. Camaenid land snails from Western and central Australia. II. Taxa from the Kimberley, Amplirhagada Iredale, 1933. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 11: 147-320. These include:
Amplirhagada alta Solem, 1981 Amplirhagada anderdonensis Köhler, 2010 Amplirhagada astuta (Iredale, 1939) Amplirhagada basilica Köhler, 2010 Amplirhagada berthierana Köhler, 2010 Amplirhagada boongareensis Köhler, 2010 Amplirhagada buffonensis Köhler, 2010 Amplirhagada burnerensis (E.A. Smith, 1894) Amplirhagada burrowsena Iredale, 1939 Amplirhagada cambridgensis Solem, 1988 Amplirhagada camdenensis Köhler, 2010 Amplirhagada carinata Solem, 1981 Amplirhagada castra Solem, 1981 Amplirhagada combeana Iredale, 1938 Amplirhagada confusa Solem, 1981 Amplirhagada crystalla (Solem, 1981) Amplirhagada decora Köhler, 2010 Amplirhagada depressa (Solem, 1981) Amplirhagada descartesana Köhler, 2010 Amplirhagada drysdaleana Solem, 1981 Amplirhagada dubitabile Köhler, 2010 Amplirhagada elevata Solem, 1981 Amplirhagada euroa Köhler, 2010 Amplirhagada gemina Köhler, 2010 Amplirhagada gibsoni Köhler, 2010 Amplirhagada herbertena Iredale, 1939 Amplirhagada imitata (E.A. Smith, 1894) Amplirhagada indistincta Köhler, 2010 Amplirhagada intermedia (Solem, 1981) Amplirhagada kalumburuana Solem, 1981 Amplirhagada katerana Solem, 1981 Amplirhagada kessneri Köhler, 2010 Amplirhagada kimberleyana Köhler, 2010 Amplirhagada lamarckiana Köhler, 2010 Amplirhagada mckenziei Köhler, 2010 Amplirhagada mitchelliana Solem, 1981 Amplirhagada montalevitensis (E.A. Smith, 1894) Amplirhagada montesqieuana Köhler, 2010 Amplirhagada napierana Solem, 1981 Amplirhagada novelta Iredale, 1939 Amplirhagada osmondi Solem, 1988 Amplirhagada percita (Iredale, 1939) Amplirhagada ponderi Köhler, 2010 Amplirhagada puescheli Köhler, 2010 Amplirhagada pusilla Solem, 1981 Amplirhagada questroana Solem, 1981 Amplirhagada regia Köhler, 2010 Amplirhagada solemiana Köhler, 2010 Amplirhagada sphaeroidea Köhler, 2010 Amplirhagada sykesi (E.A. Smith, 1894) Amplirhagada tricenaria Köhler, 2010 Amplirhagada uwinsensis Köhler, 2010 Amplirhagada varia Solem, 1981 Amplirhagada wilsoni Solem, 1981 Amplirhagada yorkensis Köhler, 2010
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