Aegista herpestes is a species of air-breathing land snails, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod in the family Camaenidae.[1][2]
| Aegista herpestes | |
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| Shell of Aegista herpestes (specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center) | |
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. herpestes
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| Binomial name | |
| Aegista herpestes (Heude, 1885)
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Helix herpestes Heude, 1885 | |
Description
editThe diameter of the shell attains 22 mm.
The shell features a broad umbilicus and exhibits a hue reminiscent of brownish horn, adorned with a subtle, indistinct whitish band of the same material. Its epidermis is brownish or whitish. The shell is intricately marked with closely set oblique striations. The shell shows seven gradually expanding whorls. The body whorl displays a faint angulation. The white peristome is delicately turned inward.[3]
Distribution
editThis species occurs in China.
References
edit- ^ a b "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Helix herpestes Heude, 1885". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
- ^ "Catalogue | Zoological Collections". collections-zoology.fieldmuseum.org. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
- ^ G.W. Tryon, Manual of conchology. Second series: Pulmonata vol. II
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