Aegista accrescens is a species of air-breathing land snails, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod in the family Camaenidae.[1]
| Aegista accrescens | |
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| Shell of Aegista accrescens (syntype at the Harvard University Museum of Comparative Zoology) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Camaenidae |
| Subfamily: | Bradybaeninae |
| Tribe: | Aegistini |
| Genus: | Aegista |
| Species: | A. accrescens
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| Binomial name | |
| Aegista accrescens (Heude, 1882)
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Helix accrescens Heude, 1882 (original combination) | |
- Subspecies
- Aegista accrescens accrescens (Heude, 1882)
- Aegista accrescens initialis (Heude, 1882)
Description
editThe diameter of the shell attains 16.5 mm.
The shell is widely umbilicated. It is thin, pellucid corneous, with a whitish peripheral band. The shell contains seven whorls. These are narrow, slightly convex and slowly increasing. The body whorl is obtusely angulated. The peristome is white and narrowly reflected.[2]
Distribution
editThis species occurs in China; type locality: Wuchang, Hubei.
References
edit- ^ a b MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Aegista accrescens (Heude, 1882). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1389837 on 2024-05-08
- ^ G.W. Tryon, Manual of conchology. Second series: Pulmonata vol. II
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External links
edit- Heude, P. M. (1882–1890). Notes sur les mollusques terrestres de la vallée du Fleuve Bleu. Mémoires concernant l'histoire naturelle de l'Empire chinois.
- Teng-Chien Yen, Review and Summary of Tertiary and Quaternary Non-Marine Mollusks of China; Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia Vol. 95 (1943), pp. 267-309+346
- Harvard University, Museum of Comparative ZoologyHelix accrescens Heude, 1882
- Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University. "MCZbase MCZ:Mala:167225 specimen record". MCZbase. Retrieved 8 May 2024.
- Gbif.org: image
- Conchology.be: image
- Researchgate.net: image of interior
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