Aegista megachila is a species of air-breathing land snails, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod in the family Camaenidae.[1]
| Aegista megachila | |
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| Shell of Aegista megachila (holotype) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Camaenidae |
| Genus: | Aegista |
| Species: | A. megachila
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| Binomial name | |
| Aegista megachila Möllendorff, 1899
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- Subspecies
- Aegista megachila alticola Möllendorff, 1899
Description
editThe diameter of the shell attains 17 mm, its height 7.5 mm.[2]
Distribution
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c WoRMS. "Aegista megachila Möllendorff, 1899". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
- ^ 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
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