Aegista fulvicans

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Aegista fulvicans
Shell of Aegista fulvicans (holotype)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Camaenidae
Subfamily: Bradybaeninae
Tribe: Aegistini
Genus: Aegista
Species:
A. fulvicans
Binomial name
Aegista fulvicans
(H. Adams, 1866)
Synonyms[1]
  • Aegista (Plectotropis) fulvicans (H. Adams, 1866) (unaccepted combination)
  • Aegista (Plectotropis) fulvicans fulvicans (H. Adams, 1866) alternative representation
  • Eulota (Plectotropis) fulvicans (H. Adams, 1866) (unaccepted combination)
  • Helix (Plectotropis) fulvicans H. Adams, 1866 (original combination)

Aegista fulvicans is a species of air-breathing land snails, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod in the family Camaenidae.[1]

Subspecies
  • Aegista fulvicans browni (Pilsbry & Hirase, 1905)
  • Aegista fulvicans fulvicans (H. Adams, 1866)

Description[edit]

The diameter of the shell attains11 mm, its height 9 mm.

Distribution[edit]

This species occurs on Taiwan.

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Aegista fulvicans (H. Adams, 1866). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1251001 on 2024-05-16

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