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Aegista accrescens

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Aegista accrescens
Shell of Aegista accrescens (syntype at the Harvard University Museum of Comparative Zoology)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Camaenidae
Subfamily: Bradybaeninae
Tribe: Aegistini
Genus: Aegista
Species:
A. accrescens
Binomial name
Aegista accrescens
(Heude, 1882)
Synonyms[1]

Helix accrescens Heude, 1882 (original combination)

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

Subspecies
  • Aegista accrescens accrescens (Heude, 1882)
  • Aegista accrescens initialis (Heude, 1882)

Description

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The diameter of the shell attains 16.5 mm.

The shell is widely umbilicated. It is thin, pellucid corneous, with a whitish peripheral band. The shell contains seven whorls. These are narrow, slightly convex and slowly increasing. The body whorl is obtusely angulated. The peristome is white and narrowly reflected.[2]

Distribution

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This species occurs in China; type locality: Wuchang, Hubei.

References

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  1. ^ a b MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Aegista accrescens (Heude, 1882). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1389837 on 2024-05-08
  2. ^ G.W. Tryon, Manual of conchology. Second series: Pulmonata vol. IIPublic Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
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  • 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.
  • Teng-Chien Yen, Review and Summary of Tertiary and Quaternary Non-Marine Mollusks of China; Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia Vol. 95 (1943), pp. 267-309+346
  • Harvard University, Museum of Comparative ZoologyHelix accrescens Heude, 1882
  • Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University. "MCZbase MCZ:Mala:167225 specimen record". MCZbase. Retrieved 8 May 2024.
  • Gbif.org: image
  • Conchology.be: image
  • Researchgate.net: image of interior

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