Aegopinella ressmanni

Aegopinella ressmanni
Aegopinella ressmanni shells
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Stylommatophora
Family:	Gastrodontidae
Genus:	Aegopinella
Species:	A. ressmanni
Binomial name
Aegopinella ressmanni (Westerlund, 1883)
Synonyms [1]
Hyalinia nitens var. ressmanniWesterlund, 1883 (basionym)

Aegopinella ressmanni is a small species of land snail in the terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk family Gastrodontidae, the glass snails. ^[1]

Description

It is characterized by having a larger shell than other Aegopinella species: its diameter attains 15 mm (0.6 in), its height 8 mm (0.3 in). ^[2]

(Original description in Latin) The shell is more convex, with the body whorl swelling towards the front near the large aperture. The columellar margin is sufficiently arched. ^[3]

Distribution

The species is distributed in Austria, Czechia, Croatia, Germany, Hungary, Italy, and Slovenia. ^[4]

References

1. WoRMS. "Aegopinella ressmanni (Westerlund, 1883)". World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved 2024-06-01.
2. "AnimalBase :: Aegopinella ressmanni species homepage". www.animalbase.uni-goettingen.de. Retrieved 2 June 2022.
3. Westerlund, C. A. (1883). "Malakologische Miscellen". Jahrbücher der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft10: 51-72. Frankfurt am Main This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .
4. Horsák, M. & J. Myšák. (2008). The first records of Aegopinella ressmanni (Westerlund, 1883) in the Czech Republic extends its distribution range northwards. Malacologica Bohemoslovaca 7: 47–50. Online serial at <http://mollusca.sav.sk> 4 June 2008.

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