Aegista phayrei

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Aegista phayrei
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Camaenidae
Genus: Aegista
Species:
A. phayrei
Binomial name
Aegista phayrei
(Theobald, 1859)
Synonyms [1]
  • Helix (Plectotropis) phayreiTheobald, 1859 (unaccepted combination)
  • Helix phayreiTheobald, 1859 (original combination)

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

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Description

(Original description in Latin) The shell is lenticular and funnel-shaped with an obtuse keel. It features strong striations with curved, confluent transverse lines. It has six distinct, convex whorls. The suture is impressed. The aperture is oblique and nearly square in shape. The peristome is thin and reflexed. [2]

Distribution

This species occurs in Myanmar. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 WoRMS. "Aegista phayrei (Theobald, 1859)". World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved 29 May 2024.
  2. 1 2 Theobald, W. (1859). Descriptions of some new Burmese and Indian Helicidae with remarks on some previously described species. The Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, 28 (4): 305-309. Calcutta PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .