Aegista tumida | |
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Shell of Aegista tumida (specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
Order: | Stylommatophora |
Family: | Camaenidae |
Genus: | Aegista |
Species: | A. tumida
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Binomial name | |
Aegista tumida (Gude, 1901)
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Synonyms [1] | |
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Aegista tumida is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Camaenidae. [1]
The diameter of the shell attains 15.5 mm, its height 13.5 mm. [2]
(Original description) This species differs from the type in several key aspects: it is darker in color, has more tumid whorls, a higher spire, and a wider umbilicus. Additionally, the cuticular lamellae are much less pronounced. One specimen exhibits a pale peripheral band, giving the shell a strong resemblance to Aegista oculus (L. Pfeiffer, 1850). [2]
This snail occurs on Honshu Island, Japan. [1]