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Aegopinella nitens

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Aegopinella nitens
Shell of Aegopinella nitens
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Gastrodontidae
Genus: Aegopinella
Species:
A. nitens
Binomial name
Aegopinella nitens
(Michaud, 1831)
Synonyms
  • Aegopinella (Politenella) nitens (Michaud, 1831) (unaccepted subgeneric classification)
  • Helix nitens Michaud, 1831 (original combination)
  • Hyalina nitens (Michaud, 1831) superseded combination

Aegopinella nitens is a species of small land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Gastrodontidae, the glass snails. [1]

Description

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The diameter of the shell attains 14 mm, its height 5.5 mm.

(Original description of Helix nitens Michaud, 1831 in Latin) The shell is orbicular and depressed, with a prominent, wide umbilicus. It is thin, transparent, and smooth to the touch, featuring very fine longitudinal striations. The coloration is often dark horn-like, sometimes greenish-white, and paler on the underside. The shell contains four nearly flat whorls. The aperture is depressed, oblique, and expansive, with a simple, acute peristome. [2]

It is distinct from Aegopinella nitidula by its last quarter of the whorl being flattened and sometimes curving slightly downwards.

Distribution

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This species occurs in the Alps, Western Carpathian Mountains, German Highlands and Czech Highlands, Ukraine[3] and other countries.

References

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  1. ^ WoRMS. "Aegopinella nitens (Michaud, 1831)". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2024-05-30.
  2. ^ Michaud, A.-L.-G. (1831). Complément de l'Histoire des mollusques terrestres et fluviatiles de la France, de J.P.R. Draparnaud. i-xvi, 1-116, Errata (1 p.), 1-12, pls 14-16 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  3. ^ Balashov I. & Gural-Sverlova N. 2012. An annotated checklist of the terrestrial molluscs of Ukraine. Journal of Conchology. 41 (1): 91-109.
  • Kerney, M. P., Cameron, R. A. D. & Jungbluth, J.-H. (1983). Die Landschnecken Nord- und Mitteleuropas. Ein Bestimmungsbuch für Biologen und Naturfreunde. Verlag Paul Parey. 384 pp., 24 plates.
  • Bank, R. A.; Neubert, E. (2017). Checklist of the land and freshwater Gastropoda of Europe. Last update: July 16th, 2017
  • Sysoev, A. V. & Schileyko, A. A. (2009). Land snails and slugs of Russia and adjacent countries. Sofia/Moskva (Pensoft). 312 pp., 142 pla
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