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Aegista megachila

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Species of gastropod

Aegista megachila
Shell of Aegista megachila (holotype)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Camaenidae
Genus: Aegista
Species: A. megachila
Binomial name
Aegista megachila
Möllendorff, 1899

Aegista megachila is a species of air-breathing land snails, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod in the family Camaenidae.

Subspecies
  • Aegista megachila alticola Möllendorff, 1899

Description

The diameter of the shell attains 17 mm, its height 7.5 mm.

Distribution

This shell occurs in China.

References

  1. ^ WoRMS. "Aegista megachila Möllendorff, 1899". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
  2. Möllendorff, O. F. von. (1899). Binnen-Mollusken aus Westchina und Central-Asien. Ezhegodnik Zoologicheskago Muzeia Imperatorskoi Akademii Nauk. 4(1): 46-144, pls. 2-8 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
Taxon identifiers
Aegista megachila


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