Aegista laurentii

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Aegista laurentii
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Camaenidae
Genus: Aegista
Species:
A. laurentii
Binomial name
Aegista laurentii
(Gredler, 18867
Synonyms [1]

Helix laurentiiGredler, 1887 (original combination)

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

Description

The diameter of the shell is 11 mm, its height 6 mm.

(Original description in Latin) The shell is slightly umbilicate and convex-globose, featuring uneven striations. It is thin, transparent, and shiny, with a color similar to that of the cornea. There are 4.5 convex whorls that ascend more rapidly, and have an enlarged body whorl that does not descend anteriorly. The suture is impressed. The aperture is broad, rounded, and slightly oblique. The peristome is expanded, not reflexed, and barely thickened. [2]

Distribution

This species occurs in China. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 MolluscaBase. "Aegista laurentii (Gredler, 1887)". World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved 28 May 2024.
  2. Gredler, V. M. (1888). Zur Conchylien-Fauna von China. XIII. Stück. Jahrbücher der deutschen malakozoologischen Gesellschaft. 14: 343-373. Frankfurt am Main PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .