Aegista kunimiensis

Aegista kunimiensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
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)

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]

References

1. 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. MolluscaBase. "Aegista kunimiensis M. Azuma & Y. Azuma, 1982". World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved 16 May 2024.
3. "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.

• Minato, H. (1988). A systematic and bibliographic list of the Japanese land snails. H. Minato, Shirahama, 294 pp., 7 pls.