Aegista mitanensis

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Aegista mitanensis
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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. mitanensis
Binomial name
Aegista mitanensis
(Godwin-Austen, 1889)
Synonyms [1]
  • Aegista (Aegista) mitanensisGodwin-Austen, 1889 (no subgenera are recognized)
  • Helix (Aegista) mitanensisGodwin-Austen, 1889

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

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Description

The diameter of the shell varies between 6.65 mm and 8.35 mm.

The thin, small shell is globosely conical and openly perforate. It is greenish brown. It is finely sculptued by close oblique striae and faint spiral markings above and below. The spire is conoid. The shell contains six convex whorls that are narrowly coiled. The body whorl is subangulate at the periphery, rounded below, dilated and descending in front. The aperture is subcircular. The peristome is thin. The upper margin is sinuate. The columellar margin is oblique and reflected above. [2]

Distribution

This species occurs in Myanmar and India.

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References

  1. 1 2 MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Aegista mitanensis (Godwin-Austen, 1889). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1436427 on 2024-05-09
  2. 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 .