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Aegista proxima

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Species of gastropod

Aegista proxima
Shell of Aegista proxima (holotype)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Camaenidae
Genus: Aegista
Species: A. proxima
Binomial name
Aegista proxima
(Pilsbry & Y. Hirase, 1909)
Synonyms

Eulota (Aegista) proxima Pilsbry & Y. Hirase, 1909 (original combination)

Aegista proxima is a species of air-breathing land snails, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod in the family Camaenidae.

Description

The 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.

Distribution

This shell occurs in Korea.

References

  1. ^ WoRMS. "Aegista proxima (Pilsbry & Y. Hirase, 1909)". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
  2. Pilsbry, H. A. & Hirase, Y. (1909). Descriptions of new Korean land shells. Conchological magazine. 3: 9-13, pl. 5 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  3. 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.
Taxon identifiers
Aegista proxima
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