| Aegista accrescens | |
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| Shell of Aegista accrescens (syntype at the Harvard University Museum of Comparative Zoology) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Camaenidae |
| Subfamily: | Bradybaeninae |
| Tribe: | Aegistini |
| Genus: | Aegista |
| Species: | A. accrescens |
| Binomial name | |
| Aegista accrescens (Heude, 1882) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Helix accrescens Heude, 1882 (original combination) | |
Aegista accrescens is a species of air-breathing land snails, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod in the family Camaenidae.
- Subspecies
- Aegista accrescens accrescens (Heude, 1882)
- Aegista accrescens initialis (Heude, 1882)
Description
The diameter of the shell attains 16.5 mm.
The shell is widely umbilicated. It is thin, pellucid corneous, with a whitish peripheral band. The shell contains seven whorls. These are narrow, slightly convex and slowly increasing. The body whorl is obtusely angulated. The peristome is white and narrowly reflected.
Distribution
This species occurs in China; type locality: Wuchang, Hubei.
References
- ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Aegista accrescens (Heude, 1882). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1389837 on 2024-05-08
- 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
- Heude, P. M. (1882–1890). Notes sur les mollusques terrestres de la vallée du Fleuve Bleu. Mémoires concernant l'histoire naturelle de l'Empire chinois.
- Teng-Chien Yen, Review and Summary of Tertiary and Quaternary Non-Marine Mollusks of China; Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia Vol. 95 (1943), pp. 267-309+346
- Harvard University, Museum of Comparative ZoologyHelix accrescens Heude, 1882
- Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University. "MCZbase MCZ:Mala:167225 specimen record". MCZbase. Retrieved 8 May 2024.
- Gbif.org: image
- Conchology.be: image
- Researchgate.net: image of interior
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Aegista accrescens | |
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