Aegista friedeliana
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| Shell of Aegista friedeliana (specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Camaenidae |
| Genus: | Aegista |
| Species: | A. friedeliana
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| Aegista friedeliana (E. von Martens, 1864)
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Aegista friedeliana is a species of air-breathing land snails, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod in the family Camaenidae.[1]
Description[edit]
The diameter of the shell attains 19 mm.
The shell displays a broad umbilicus. It is delicately marked with slight oblique striae. The shell is tinted in an olive-brown hue. Its whorls exhibit a subtle convexity. The body whorl bears a gentle angularity, curving downward at the front and flattening convexly at the base. The white peristome is slightly thickened and gracefully expanded, with its margins drawing near.[2]
Distribution[edit]
This species occurs in Japan.
References[edit]
- ^ a b "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Helix friedeliana (E. von Martens, 1864)". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
- ^ 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.
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