Aegista aubryana

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Aegista aubryana
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Shells of Aegista aubryana
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Camaenidae
Subfamily: Bradybaeninae
Tribe: Aegistini
Genus: Aegista
Species:
A. aubryana
Binomial name
Aegista aubryana
(Heude, 1882)
Synonyms [1]

Helix aubryanaHeude, 1882 (original combination)

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

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Description

The diameter of the shell attains 21 mm.

The shell is widely umbilicated. It is thin, obliquely striate and brownish white. The suture is impressed. The shell contains seven whorls. These are slightly convex above. The periphery is obtusely angulated, deflected in front and more convex on the base. The white peristome is thin and reflected. [2]

Distribution

This species occurs in China: province Guizhou.

References

  1. 1 2 MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Aegista aubryana (Heude, 1882). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1389835 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 .