Aegopinella reussi

Aegopinella reussi
	Shell of Aegopinella reussi (holotype)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Stylommatophora
Family:	Gastrodontidae
Genus:	Aegopinella
Species:	†A. reussi
Binomial name
	†Aegopinella reussi; (M. Hörnes, 1856)
Synonyms
	† Hyalina reussi Schlosser, 1907 junior subjective synonym; † Oxychilus (Oxychilus) reussi M. Hörnes, 1856 superseded combination; † Planorbis reussi M. Hörnes, 1856 superseded combination;

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

Description

The diameter of the shell attains 8.3 mm, its height 4.2 mm.

(Original description in German) The shell is very flat and conical, with an almost flat apex and a moderately flattened, not very wide and continuously umbilical lower end. It comprises five flatly arched whorls, separated by deep sutures. The body whorl measures approximately three-quarters of the total shell height. The obliquely positioned aperture is broadly moon-shaped and features simple, sharp edges.^[2]

Distribution

Fossils of this extinct species were found in late Miocene strata in the Vienna Basin, Austria.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b WoRMS. "Aegopinella reussi (M. Hörnes, 1856)". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2024-06-04.
^ Schlosser, M. (1907). Die Land- und Süsswassergastropoden vom Eichkogel bei Mödling. Nebst einer Besprechung der Gastropoden ans dem Miocän von Rein in Steiermark. Jahrbuch der k. k. geologischen Reichsanstalt. 57: 753-792 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

Hörnes, M. (1851–1856). Die fossilen Mollusken des Tertiär-Beckens von Wien. I. Univalven. Abhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Geologischen Reichsanstalt. 3: 1–736, pls 1-52
Harzhauser, M., Binder, H. (2004). Synopsis of the Late Miocene mollusc fauna of the classical sections Richardhof and Eichkogel in the Vienna Basin (Austria, Pannonian, MN 9-MN11). Archiv für Molluskenkunde. 133 (1–2), 1-57.

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[WoRMS-1] WoRMS. "Aegopinella reussi (M. Hörnes, 1856)". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2024-06-04.

[2] Schlosser, M. (1907). Die Land- und Süsswassergastropoden vom Eichkogel bei Mödling. Nebst einer Besprechung der Gastropoden ans dem Miocän von Rein in Steiermark. Jahrbuch der k. k. geologischen Reichsanstalt. 57: 753-792 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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