Aegista subchinensis (台灣大臍蝸牛; 'Taiwan's umbilical snail') is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Camaenidae.[3] [2]
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| Aegista subchinensis shell | |
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. subchinensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Aegista subchinensis (Möllendorff, 1884)[1]
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| Synonyms[2] | |
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Helix subchinensis Möllendorff, 1884 (original combination) | |
Description
editThe diameter of the shell attains 17 mm.
The shell exhibits a pronounced umbilicus. It is semi-translucent. The glossy shell shows oblique striations. It is colored chestnut with a slender white band. It consists of seven slightly convex whorls, with the body whorl gently sloping forward and subtly angled at the periphery. The whitish peristome is thickened and narrowly turned outward. [4]
Distribution
editThis species is endemic to the island of Taiwan.[5]
References
edit- ^ von Möllendorff; Otto Franz (1884). "Materialien zur Fauna von China". Jahrbuch der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft. 11: 307–390.
- ^ a b MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Aegista subchinensis (Möllendorff, 1884). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1250522 on 2024-05-14
- ^ "Aegista subchinensis" at the Encyclopedia of Life
- ^ G.W. Tryon, Manual of conchology. Second series: Pulmonata vol. II
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ Huang, Chih-Wei; Lee, Yen-Chen; Lin, Si-Min; Wu, Wen-Lung (2014). "Taxonomic revision of Aegista subchinensis (Möllendorff, 1884)(Stylommatophora, Bradybaenidae) and a description of a new species of Aegista from eastern Taiwan based on multilocus phylogeny and comparative morphology". ZooKeys (445): 31–55. Bibcode:2014ZooK..445...31H. doi:10.3897/zookeys.445.7778. PMC 4205739. PMID 25349506.
- Hsieh, B.-C., Hwang, C.-C. & Wu, S.-P. (2006). Landsnails of Taiwan. Forestry Bureau Council of Agriculture Executive Yuan, Taipei. 278 pp.
page(s): 250
External links
edit- Huang, C.-W.; Lee, Y.-C.; Lin, S.-M.; Wu, W.-L. (2014). Taxonomic revision of Aegista subchinensis (Möllendorff, 1884) (Stylommatophora, Bradybaenidae) and a description of a new species of Aegista from eastern Taiwan based on multilocus phylogeny and comparative morphology. ZooKeys. 445: 31-55
- Möllendorff, O. F. von. (1884). Materialien zur Fauna von China. Jahrbücher der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft. 11: 162-181; 307-390.
- Gbif.org: image
- Conchology.be: image
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