Aegista laurentii
| Aegista laurentii | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Camaenidae |
| Genus: | Aegista |
| Species: | A. laurentii
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| Binomial name | |
| Aegista laurentii (Gredler, 18867
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Helix laurentii Gredler, 1887 (original combination) | |
Aegista laurentii is a species of air-breathing land snails, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod in the family Camaenidae.[1]
Description
[edit]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
[edit]This species occurs in China.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c MolluscaBase. "Aegista laurentii (Gredler, 1887)". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
- ^ Gredler, V. M. (1888). Zur Conchylien-Fauna von China. XIII. Stück. Jahrbücher der deutschen malakozoologischen Gesellschaft. 14: 343-373. Frankfurt am Main
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- Yen, T.-C. (1939). Die chinesischen Land- und Süßwasser-Gastropoden des Natur-Museums Senckenberg. Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft. 444: 1–233, pl. 1–16. Frankfurt am Main.
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