Aegista proxima

Aegista proxima
Shell of Aegista proxima (holotype)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Camaenidae
Genus: Aegista
Species:
A. proxima
Binomial name
Aegista proxima
(Pilsbry & Y. Hirase, 1909)
Synonyms[1]

Eulota (Aegista) proxima Pilsbry & Y. Hirase, 1909 (original combination)

Aegista proxima is a species of air-breathing land snails, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod in the family Camaenidae.[1]

Description

The diameter of the shell attains 15 mm, its height 8.3mm.

This shell closely resembles Aegista friedeliana from Kyushu. It features an open umbilicus, a low conical spire, and an obtuse, subangular periphery. The surface is sculptured with rather weak, irregular growth striae and covered with a smooth brownish-yellow cuticle, lacking any scaly or thread-like appendages. The whorls increase very slowly, with the body whorl very slightly deflexed at the aperture. The oblique aperture is rounded-lunate, and the peristome is expanded, with the outer and basal margins narrowly reflexed.[2]

Distribution

This shell occurs in Korea.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b WoRMS. "Aegista proxima (Pilsbry & Y. Hirase, 1909)". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
  2. ^ Pilsbry, H. A. & Hirase, Y. (1909). Descriptions of new Korean land shells. Conchological magazine. 3: 9-13, pl. 5 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  3. ^ Kimura, Kazuki; Chiba, Satoshi; Pak, Jae-Hong (31 January 2023). "Molecular investigation on diversity of the land snail genus Aegista (Gastropoda, Camaenidae) in South Korea". Biodiversity Data Journal. 11: e96800. doi:10.3897/BDJ.11.e96800. ISSN 1314-2828. PMC 10848476.
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