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Aegista kunimiensis

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Aegista kunimiensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Camaenidae
Genus: Aegista
Species:
A. kunimiensis
Binomial name
Aegista kunimiensis
M. Azuma & Y. Azuma, 1982[1]
Synonyms[2]

Aegista (Aegista) kunimiensis M. Azuma & Y. Azuma, 1982 (no subgenera are recognized)

Aegista kunimiensis is a species of air-breathing land snails, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod in the family Camaenidae.[2][3]

Distribution and habitat

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This shell occurs in Japan[1][3] and Korea.[4]

It is a terrestrial species that has been collected in Sasa and Fagus leaf litter at 700 m (2,300 ft) above sea level.[1]

Description

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The shell is thin and small, reaching 6 mm (0.24 in) in height and 9.8 mm (0.39 in) in breadth. There are up to 5¼ whorls. The spire is low and the umbilicus is deep. The color is dark reddish brown.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d Azuma, Masao & Azuma, Yoshio (1982). "日本産オオベソマイマイ属3新種" [Descriptions of three new species of the genus Aegista Albers, 1850 (Bradybaenidae) from Japan]. Venus. 41 (3): 167–174.
  2. ^ a b MolluscaBase. "Aegista kunimiensis M. Azuma & Y. Azuma, 1982". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 16 May 2024.
  3. ^ a b "Aegista kunimiensis M.Azuma & Y.Azuma, 1982". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
  4. ^ Kimura, K.; Chiba, S.; Pak, J. H. (2023). "Molecular investigation on diversity of the land snail genus Aegista (Gastropoda, Camaenidae) in South Korea". Biodiversity Data Journal. 11: e96800. doi:10.3897/BDJ.11.e96800. PMC 10848476. PMID 38327297.
  • Minato, H. (1988). A systematic and bibliographic list of the Japanese land snails. H. Minato, Shirahama, 294 pp., 7 pls.