Aegista gottschei

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Aegista gottschei
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Shell of Aegista gottschei (holotype)
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Camaenidae
Genus: Aegista
Species:
A. gottschei
Binomial name
Aegista gottschei
(Möllendorff, 1887)
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Synonyms [1]
  • Aegista gottschei kongoensisKuroda & Miyanaga, 1939 (junior synonym)
  • Eulota (Aegista) gottschei(Möllendorff, 1887)
  • Eulota (Aegista) mimula peninsularisPilsbry & Y. Hirase, 1909 (junior synonym)
  • Helix (Aegista) gottscheiMöllendorff, 1887 (original combination)

Aegista gottschei is a species of air-breathing land snails, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod in the family Camaenidae. [1] It was first described in 1887 by Otto Franz von Mollendorff as Helix (Aegista) gottschei. [1] [2] The species epithet honours Carl Christian Gottsche who collected this snail in Korea. [2]

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Description

The diameter of the shell is 11 mm.

The shell has a wide umbilicus. It shows delicately oblique striae, and has a membranous costulation, with microscopic spiraling lines. The shell presents a brownish corneous hue. Its contains 6-7 whorls, each gently convex, with the body whorl obtusely angulated and minutely deflected forward. The peristome is thin, modestly expanded, and somewhat reflected. [3]

Distribution

This species occurs in Korea. [4] It is endemic to Korea, where it is found under decayed broadleaf trees. [5]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Aegista gottschei (Möllendorff, 1887)". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 14 May 2024.
  2. 1 2 von Möllendorff, O. F. (1887). Die Landschnecken von Korea. Jahrbücher der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft. 14: 9-22, pl. 2
  3. ↑ 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 .
  4. ↑ Kimura, Kazuki; Chiba, Satoshi; Pak, Jae-Hong (2023). "Molecular investigation on diversity of the land snail genus Aegista (Gastropoda, Camaenidae) in South Korea". Biodiversity Data Journal. 11 e96800. doi: 10.3897/BDJ.11.e96800 . PMC   10848476 . PMID   38327297.
  5. ↑ "국립생물자원관 한반도의 생물다양성 (NIBR: Detail - Aegista gottschei)". species.nibr.go.kr. Retrieved 10 April 2025.
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