Aegista phayrei is a species of air-breathing land snails, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod in the family Camaenidae.
Description
(Original description in Latin) The shell is lenticular and funnel-shaped with an obtuse keel. It features strong striations with curved, confluent transverse lines. It has six distinct, convex whorls. The suture is impressed. The aperture is oblique and nearly square in shape. The peristome is thin and reflexed.
Distribution
This species occurs in Myanmar.
References
External links
- Gude, G. K. (1921). Mollusca. III. Land Operculates. Cyclophoridae, Truncatellidae, Assimineidae, Helicinidae.). In: Shipley, A. E. & Marshall, G. A. K. (eds.):. The Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. IâÂÂXIV, 386 pp. London (Taylor & Francis)
- Páll-Gergely, B., Hunyadi, A. & Hausdorf, B. (2020). A new species of Landouria Godwin-Austen, 1918 (Gastropoda: Stylommatophora: Camaenidae) from Myanmar. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 68: 379âÂÂ386