Aegista vermis is a species of air-breathing land snails, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod in the family Camaenidae.[1]
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| Shell of Aegista vermis | |
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. vermis
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| Aegista vermis (Reeve, 1852))
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Description
editThe diameter of the shell attains 32 mm.
The shell displays a markedly wide umbilicus, presenting a solid structure. It is intricately marked with closely spaced rugose striations, imparting a radiant fulvous horn-like appearance, accentuated by a delicate white peripheral line. The shell shows eight flattened whorls that gradually increase in size. The body whorl barely projects forward. The shell's periphery adopts a subtly angular form. Its peristome, thin and whitish, elegantly reflects outward.[2]
Distribution
editThis species occurs in Japan.
References
edit- ^ a b MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Aegista vermis (Reeve, 1852). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1250523 on 2024-05-11
- ^ G.W. Tryon, Manual of conchology. Second series: Pulmonata vol. II
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- Minato, H. (1988). A systematic and bibliographic list of the Japanese land snails. H. Minato, Shirahama, 294 pp., 7 pls.
External links
edit- Reeve, L. A. (1851–1854). Monograph of the genus Helix. In: Conchologia iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, vol. 7, pls. 1-210 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London.
- 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
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