Aegista friedeliana explained

Aegista friedeliana is a species of air-breathing land snails, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod in the family Camaenidae.

Description

The diameter of the shell attains 19 mm.

The shell displays a broad umbilicus. It is delicately marked with slight oblique striae. The shell is tinted in an olive-brown hue. Its whorls exhibit a subtle convexity. The body whorl bears a gentle angularity, curving downward at the front and flattening convexly at the base. The white peristome is slightly thickened and gracefully expanded, with its margins drawing near.^[1]

Distribution

This species occurs in Japan and Korea.^[2]

References

• Minato, H. (1988). A systematic and bibliographic list of the Japanese land snails. H. Minato, Shirahama, 294 pp., 7 pls.

External links

• Martens, E. von. (1864). Diagnosen neuer Heliceen aus dem ostasiatischen Archipel. Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademien der Wissenschaften zu Berlin. 1864: 523–529

Notes and References

1. https://archive.org/stream/manuconcho24tryorich/manuconcho24tryorich_djvu.txt G.W. Tryon, Manual of conchology. Second series: Pulmonata vol. II
2. 10.3897/BDJ.11.e96800 . Kimura . K. . Chiba . S. . Pak . J. H. . 2023 . Molecular investigation on diversity of the land snail genus Aegista (Gastropoda, Camaenidae) in South Korea . Biodiversity Data Journal . 11 . e96800. free . 38327297 . 10848476.