Aegista proxima
| Aegista proxima | |
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| Shell of Aegista proxima (holotype) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Camaenidae |
| Genus: | Aegista |
| Species: | A. proxima
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| Binomial name | |
| Aegista proxima (Pilsbry & Y. Hirase, 1909)
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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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.[1]
Description[edit]
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.[2]
Distribution[edit]
This shell occurs in Korea.
References[edit]
- ^ a b {{BioRef|WoRMS |title=Aegista proxima (Pilsbry & Y. Hirase, 1909)|id=1446280|access-date=2024-05-21}
- ^ Pilsbry, H. A. & Hirase, Y. (1909). Descriptions of new Korean land shells. Conchological magazine. 3: 9-13, pl. 5
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- 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.