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

Aegista aubryana
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Camaenidae
Subfamily: Bradybaeninae
Tribe: Aegistini
Genus: Aegista
Species:
A. aubryana
Binomial name
Aegista aubryana
(Heude, 1882)
Synonyms[1]

Helix aubryana Heude, 1882 (original combination)

Description

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The diameter of the shell attains 21 mm.

The shell is widely umbilicated. It is thin, obliquely striate and brownish white. The suture is impressed. The shell contains seven whorls. These are slightly convex above. The periphery is obtusely angulated, deflected in front and more convex on the base. The white peristome is thin and reflected.[2]

Distribution

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This species occurs in China: province Guizhou.

References

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  1. ^ a b MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Aegista aubryana (Heude, 1882). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1389835 on 2024-05-08
  2. ^ G.W. Tryon, Manual of conchology. Second series: Pulmonata vol. II  This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  • Yen, T.-C. (1939). Die chinesischen Land- und Süßwasser-Gastropoden des Natur-Museums Senckenberg. Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft. 444: 1–233, pl. 1–16. Frankfurt am Main.
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