Aegista kunimiensis explained

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

Distribution and habitat

This shell occurs in Japan and Korea.^[1]

It is a terrestrial species that has been collected in Sasa and Fagus leaf litter at 700m (2,300feet) above sea level.

Description

The shell is thin and small, reaching in height and in breadth. There are up to 5¼ whorls. The spire is low and the umbilicus is deep. The color is dark reddish brown.

References

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

Notes and References

1. 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 .