Aegista fulvicans

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Aegista fulvicans
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Shell of Aegista fulvicans (lectotype [1] )
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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. fulvicans
Binomial name
Aegista fulvicans
(H. Adams, 1866)
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Synonyms [2]
  • Aegista (Plectotropis) fulvicans (H. Adams, 1866) (unaccepted combination)
  • Aegista (Plectotropis) fulvicans fulvicans(H. Adams, 1866) alternative representation
  • Eulota (Plectotropis) fulvicans(H. Adams, 1866) (unaccepted combination)
  • Helix (Plectotropis) fulvicansH. Adams, 1866 (original combination [3] )

Aegista fulvicans is a species of air-breathing land snails, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod in the family Camaenidae. [2]

Contents

Subspecies

There are two subspecies: [2] [4]

Description

The diameter of the shell attains 11 mm, its height 9 mm, [3] or based on a later measurement, 14 mm and 9.9 mm, respectively. There are seven whorls. [1]

Distribution

This species is endemic to Taiwan. [4] Its type locality is "Tamsui, Formosa". [3] [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Hwang, Chungchi (2014). "Annotated type catalogue of land snails collected from Taiwan (Formosa) in the Natural History Museum, London". ZooKeys (428): 1–28. Bibcode:2014ZooK..428....1H. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.428.8061 .
  2. 1 2 3 MolluscaBase (2024). "Aegista fulvicans (H. Adams, 1866)". World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved 21 May 2024.
  3. 1 2 3 Adams, H.; London, Zoological Society of (1866). "Descriptions of fifteen new species of land and freshwater shells from Formosa, collected by Robert Swinhoe, Esq., Consul at Taiwan in that island". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 34: 316–319, pl. 33.
  4. 1 2 "Aegista fulvicans (Adams, 1866)". Catalogue of Life in Taiwan (TaiCOL). Taipei, Taiwan: Taiwan Biodiversity Information Facility. 2024. Retrieved 21 May 2024.


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