Aegista oculus

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Aegista oculus
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Shell of Aegista oculus (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. oculus
Binomial name
Aegista oculus
(L. Pfeiffer, 1850)
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Synonyms [1]
  • Aegista (Aegista) oculus(L. Pfeiffer, 1850) (no subgenera are recognized)
  • Helix oculusL. Pfeiffer, 1850 (original combination)
  • Helix typinsanaA. Adams & Reeve, 1850 junior subjective synonym

Aegista oculus 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 attains 25 mm.

The shell presents a notable wide umbilicus and possesses a relatively thin texture. The shell is closely rugosely plicate above. It exhibits a brownish hue. The suture is impressed. The shell comprisis 8 whorls, each slightly convex. The body whorl descends shortly towards the front with a subtly angular periphery accented by white banding. The base of the shell maintains a convex shape with visible striae. Its outer lip is thin featuring a slight angular reflection. [2]

Distribution

This species occurs in Myanmar, India, China, Korea [3] and Java Indonesia.

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References

  1. 1 2 MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Aegista oculus (L. Pfeiffer, 1850). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1250524 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 .
  3. ↑ Kimura, Kazuki; Chiba, Satoshi; Pak, Jae-Hong (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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