Aegista pygmaea is a species of air-breathing land snails, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod in the family Camaenidae.[1]

Aegista pygmaea
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Camaenidae
Genus: Aegista
Species:
A. pygmaea
Binomial name
Aegista pygmaea
Kuroda & Kawamoto, 1956
Synonyms[1]

Aegista (Aegista) pygmaea Kuroda & Kawamoto, 1956 (no subgenera are recognized)

Distribution

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This species occurs in Japan.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b WoRMS. "Aegista pygmaea Kuroda & Kawamoto, 1956". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
  2. ^ Minato, H. (1988). A systematic and bibliographic list of the Japanese land snails. H. Minato, Shirahama, 294 pp., 7 pls.
  • Kawamoto T. & Tanabe S. (1956). Catalogue of molluscan shells of Yamaguti Prefecture. Yamaguti Prefectural Museum. vii+170 pp., 25 pls.