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Aegista serpestes
Shell of Aegista serpestes (holotype)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Stylommatophora
Family:	Camaenidae
Genus:	Aegista
Species:	A. serpestes
Binomial name
Aegista serpestes (Heude, 1890)
Synonyms
Helix serpestes Heude, 1890 (original combination)

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

Description

The shell attains a diameter of 18 mm (0.7 in), and a height of 13 mm (0.5 in).

Distribution

This species occurs in China.

References

1. ^ WoRMS. "Aegista serpestes (Heude, 1890)". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 21 May 2024.

• Yen, T.-C. (1939). Die chinesischen Land- und Süßwasser-Gastropoden des Natur-Museums Senckenberg. Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft. 444: 1–233, pl. 1–16. Frankfurt am Main.

External links

• Heude, P. M. (1882–1890). Notes sur les mollusques terrestres de la vallée du Fleuve Bleu. Mémoires concernant l'histoire naturelle de l'Empire chinois. 1 (2): 2 + 1-87, pls. 12-21

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