Aegista gottschei explained

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

Subspecies:

• Aegista gottschei fusanica (Pilsbry, 1927)
• Aegista gottschei gottschei (Möllendorff, 1887)

Description

The diameter of the shell is 11 mm.

The shell has a wide umbilicus. It shows delicately oblique striae, and has a membranous costulation, with microscopic spiraling lines. The shell presents a brownish corneous hue. Its contains 6-7 whorls, each gently convex, with the body whorl obtusely angulated and minutely deflected forward. The peristome is thin, modestly expanded, and somewhat reflected.^[2]

Distribution

This species occurs in Korea.^[3]

References

• Kuroda, T. & Miyanaga, M. (1939). New Land Shells from Northern Tyosen (Korea). Venus. 9(2): 66–85.

External links

• Möllendorff, O. F. von. (1887). Die Landschnecken von Korea. Jahrbücher der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft. 14: 9-22, pl. 2.
• Pilsbry, H. A. & Hirase, Y. (1909). Descriptions of new Korean land shells. Conchological magazine. 3: 9-13, pl. 5
• Conchology.be: image

Notes and References

1. Web site: WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Aegista gottschei (Möllendorff, 1887) . 2024-05-14 . www.marinespecies.org.
2. https://archive.org/stream/manuconcho24tryorich/manuconcho24tryorich_djvu.txt G.W. Tryon, Manual of conchology. Second series: Pulmonata vol. II
3. 10.3897/BDJ.11.e96800 . free . Molecular investigation on diversity of the land snail genus Aegista (Gastropoda, Camaenidae) in South Korea . 2023 . Kimura . Kazuki . Chiba . Satoshi . Pak . Jae-Hong . Biodiversity Data Journal . 11 . e96800 . 38327297 . 10848476 .