Aegista proxima is a species of air-breathing land snails, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod in the family Camaenidae.[1]
| Aegista proxima | |
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| Shell of Aegista proxima (holotype) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Camaenidae |
| Genus: | Aegista |
| Species: | A. proxima
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| Binomial name | |
| Aegista proxima (Pilsbry & Y. Hirase, 1909)
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Eulota (Aegista) proxima Pilsbry & Y. Hirase, 1909 (original combination) | |
Description
editThe diameter of the shell attains 15 mm, its height 8.3mm.
This shell closely resembles Aegista friedeliana from Kyushu. It features an open umbilicus, a low conical spire, and an obtuse, subangular periphery. The surface is sculptured with rather weak, irregular growth striae and covered with a smooth brownish-yellow cuticle, lacking any scaly or thread-like appendages. The whorls increase very slowly, with the body whorl very slightly deflexed at the aperture. The oblique aperture is rounded-lunate, and the peristome is expanded, with the outer and basal margins narrowly reflexed.[2]
Distribution
editReferences
edit- ^ a b WoRMS. "Aegista proxima (Pilsbry & Y. Hirase, 1909)". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
- ^ Pilsbry, H. A. & Hirase, Y. (1909). Descriptions of new Korean land shells. Conchological magazine. 3: 9-13, pl. 5
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ Kimura, Kazuki; Chiba, Satoshi; Pak, Jae-Hong (31 January 2023). "Molecular investigation on diversity of the land snail genus Aegista (Gastropoda, Camaenidae) in South Korea". Biodiversity Data Journal. 11: e96800. doi:10.3897/BDJ.11.e96800. ISSN 1314-2828.
- Lee, J.-S. (2013). Invertebrate Fauna of Korea. Vol. 19. Number 1. Mollusca: Gastropoda: Eupulmonata, Sorbeoconcha. Gastropods I. pp. 1-102. National Institute of Biological Resources. Incheon.