Aegista accrescens

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Aegista accrescens
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Shell of Aegista accrescens (syntype at the Harvard University Museum of Comparative Zoology)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Camaenidae
Subfamily: Bradybaeninae
Tribe: Aegistini
Genus: Aegista
Species:
A. accrescens
Binomial name
Aegista accrescens
(Heude, 1882)
Synonyms [1]

Helix accrescensHeude, 1882 (original combination)

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Aegista accrescens is a species of air-breathing land snails, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod in the family Camaenidae. [1]

Subspecies

Description

The diameter of the shell attains 16.5 mm.

The shell is widely umbilicated. It is thin, pellucid corneous, with a whitish peripheral band. The shell contains seven whorls. These are narrow, slightly convex and slowly increasing. The body whorl is obtusely angulated. The peristome is white and narrowly reflected. [2]

Distribution

This species occurs in China; type locality: Wuchang, Hupei.

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References

  1. 1 2 MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Aegista accrescens (Heude, 1882). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1389837 on 2024-05-08
  2. ↑ G.W. Tryon, Manual of conchology. Second series: Pulmonata vol. II PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

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