Aegopinella subnitens

Aegopinella subnitens
	Shell of Aegopinella subnitens (holotype)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Stylommatophora
Family:	Gastrodontidae
Genus:	Aegopinella
Species:	†A. subnitens
Binomial name
	†Aegopinella subnitens; (Klein, 1853)
Synonyms
	† Helix subnitens Klein, 1853 superseded combination; † Hyalina undorfensis Clessin, 1894 junior subjective synonym; † Hyalinia (Hyalinia) subnitens (Klein, 1853) superseded combination; † Hyalinia (Hyalinia) subnitens f. recedens Gottschick, 1920 junior subjective synonym; † Oxychilus subnitens (Klein, 1853) superseded combination; † Oxychilus subnitens recedens (Gottschick, 1920) junior subjective synonym;

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

Description

(Original description in Latin) The shell is distinctly umbilicate and depressed, with a flat and glabrous surface. It is shiny and consists of 4.5 convex whorls that gradually increase in size, with the body whorl slightly expanded anteriorly. The aperture is ovate-lunate, and the peristome is simple and acute, with the apertural lip being non-callous.^[2]

Distribution

Fossils of this extinct species were found in late Miocene strata in Baden-Württemberg, Germany and in southern Poland.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b WoRMS. "Aegopinella subnitens (Klein, 1853)". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2024-06-04.
^ Klein, A. (1853). Conchylien der Süsswasserkalkformation Württembergs. Jahreshefte des Vereins für vaterländische Naturkunde in Württemberg. 9, 203-223 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

Clessin, S. (1894). Die Conchylien der obermiocaenen Ablagerungen von Undorf bei Regensburg. III. Ergänzung. Berichte des naturwissenschaftlichen Vereins zu Regensburg. 4: 25–37.
Stworzewicz, E.; Prisyazhnyuk, V.A.; Górka, M. (2013). Systematic and palaeoecological study of Miocene terrestrial gastropods from Zwierzyniec (southern Poland). Annales Societatis Geologorum Poloniae. 83, 179–200.

External links

[WoRMS-1] WoRMS. "Aegopinella subnitens (Klein, 1853)". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2024-06-04.

[2] Klein, A. (1853). Conchylien der Süsswasserkalkformation Württembergs. Jahreshefte des Vereins für vaterländische Naturkunde in Württemberg. 9, 203-223 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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