Aegista herpestes

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Aegista herpestes
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Shell of Aegista herpestes (specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
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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. herpestes
Binomial name
Aegista herpestes
(Heude, 1885)
Synonyms [1]

Helix herpestesHeude, 1885

Aegista herpestes is a species of air-breathing land snails, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod in the family Camaenidae. [1] [2]

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Description

The diameter of the shell attains 22 mm.

The shell features a broad umbilicus and exhibits a hue reminiscent of brownish horn, adorned with a subtle, indistinct whitish band of the same material. Its epidermis is brownish or whitish. The shell is intricately marked with closely set oblique striations. The shell shows seven gradually expanding whorls. The body whorl displays a faint angulation. The white peristome is delicately turned inward. [3]

Distribution

This species occurs in China.

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References

  1. 1 2 MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Helix herpestes Heude, 1885. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1391692 on 2024-05-11
  2. ↑ Field Museum, Chicago: Aegista herpestes
  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 .
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