Aegista catostoma

Aegista catostoma
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Stylommatophora
Family:	Camaenidae
Subfamily:	Bradybaeninae
Tribe:	Aegistini
Genus:	Aegista
Species:	A. catostoma
Binomial name
	Aegista catostoma; (W. T. Blanford, 1869)
Synonyms
	Aegista (Aegista) catostoma (W. T. Blanford, 1869) (no subgenera are recognized); Helix (Plectotropis) catostoma W. T. Blanford, 1869 (unaccepted combination); Helix (Trachia) catostoma W. T. Blanford, 1869 (original combination);

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

Description

The diameter of the shell attains 16 mm.

The shell exhibits a prominent wide umbilicus and is characterized by its thin, striated, and corneous texture. The shell contains 7 convex whorls, each gradually expanding in size. The body whorl is rounded and abruptly descends towards the front, featuring a subtle constriction behind the aperture and a compressed area around the umbilicus. The peristome is sinuously curved and reflects inward, displaying a superior internal projection, along with basal thickenings that are somewhat dentiform in nature.^[2]

Distribution

This species occurs in Myanmar, India, China.

References

^ ^a ^b MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Aegista catostoma (W. T. Blanford, 1869). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1346980 on 2024-05-09
^ G.W. Tryon, Manual of conchology. Second series: Pulmonata vol. II This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

External links

Blanford, W. T. (1869). Descriptions of new land and freshwater molluscan species collected by Dr. John Anderson in Upper Burma and Yunnan. Proceedings of the Zoological Society London. 37: 444−450

[WoRMS-1] MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Aegista catostoma (W. T. Blanford, 1869). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1346980 on 2024-05-09

[2] G.W. Tryon, Manual of conchology. Second series: Pulmonata vol. II This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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