Aegista kunimiensis

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Aegista kunimiensis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Camaenidae
Genus: Aegista
Species:
A. kunimiensis
Binomial name
Aegista kunimiensis
M. Azuma & Y. Azuma, 1982 [1]
Synonyms [2]

Aegista (Aegista) kunimiensisM. Azuma & Y. Azuma, 1982 (no subgenera are recognized)

Contents

Aegista kunimiensis is a species of air-breathing land snails, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod in the family Camaenidae. [2] [3]

Distribution and habitat

This shell occurs in Japan [1] [3] and Korea. [4]

It is a terrestrial species that has been collected in Sasa and Fagus leaf litter at 700 m (2,300 ft) above sea level. [1]

Description

The shell is thin and small, reaching 6 mm (0.24 in) in height and 9.8 mm (0.39 in) in breadth. There are up to 5¼ whorls. The spire is low and the umbilicus is deep. The color is dark reddish brown. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Azuma, Masao & Azuma, Yoshio (1982). "日本産オオベソマイマイ属3新種" [Descriptions of three new species of the genus Aegista Albers, 1850 (Bradybaenidae) from Japan]. Venus. 41 (3): 167–174.
  2. 1 2 MolluscaBase. "Aegista kunimiensis M. Azuma & Y. Azuma, 1982". World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved 16 May 2024.
  3. 1 2 "Aegista kunimiensis M.Azuma & Y.Azuma, 1982". Global Biodiversity Information Facility . Retrieved 21 May 2024.
  4. ↑ Kimura, K.; Chiba, S.; Pak, J. H. (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.


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