Aegista vermis is a species of air-breathing land snails, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod in the family Camaenidae.
Description
The diameter of the shell attains 32 mm.
The shell displays a markedly wide umbilicus, presenting a solid structure. It is intricately marked with closely spaced rugose striations, imparting a radiant fulvous horn-like appearance, accentuated by a delicate white peripheral line. The shell shows eight flattened whorls that gradually increase in size. The body whorl barely projects forward. The shell's periphery adopts a subtly angular form. Its peristome, thin and whitish, elegantly reflects outward.
Distribution
This species occurs in Japan.
References
- Minato, H. (1988). A systematic and bibliographic list of the Japanese land snails. H. Minato, Shirahama, 294 pp., 7 pls.
External links
- Reeve, L. A. (1851âÂÂ1854). Monograph of the genus Helix. In: Conchologia iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, vol. 7, pls. 1-210 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London.
- Huang, C.-W.; Lee, Y.-C.; Lin, S.-M.; Wu, W.-L. (2014). Taxonomic revision of Aegista subchinensis (Möllendorff, 1884) (Stylommatophora, Bradybaenidae) and a description of a new species of Aegista from eastern Taiwan based on multilocus phylogeny and comparative morphology. ZooKeys. 445: 31-55