Aegista herpestes explained

Aegista herpestes is a species of air-breathing land snails, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod in the family Camaenidae.^{[1] [2]}

Description

The diameter of the shell attains 22 mm.

The shell features a broad umbilicus and exhibits a hue reminiscent of brownish horn, adorned with a subtle, indistinct whitish band of the same material. Its epidermis is brownish or whitish. The shell is intricately marked with closely set oblique striations. The shell shows seven gradually expanding whorls. The body whorl displays a faint angulation. The white peristome is delicately turned inward.^[3]

Distribution

This species occurs in China.

External links

• Heude, P. M. (1882–1890). Notes sur les mollusques terrestres de la vallée du Fleuve Bleu. Mémoires concernant l'histoire naturelle de l'Empire chinois

Notes and References

1. Web site: WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Helix herpestes Heude, 1885 . 2024-05-12 . www.marinespecies.org.
2. Web site: Catalogue Zoological Collections . 2024-05-12 . collections-zoology.fieldmuseum.org.
3. https://archive.org/stream/manuconcho24tryorich/manuconcho24tryorich_djvu.txt G.W. Tryon, Manual of conchology. Second series: Pulmonata vol. II