Aegista proxima explained

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

Description

The diameter of the shell attains 15 mm, its height 8.3mm.

This shell closely resembles Aegista friedeliana from Kyushu. It features an open umbilicus, a low conical spire, and an obtuse, subangular periphery. The surface is sculptured with rather weak, irregular growth striae and covered with a smooth brownish-yellow cuticle, lacking any scaly or thread-like appendages. The whorls increase very slowly, with the body whorl very slightly deflexed at the aperture. The oblique aperture is rounded-lunate, and the peristome is expanded, with the outer and basal margins narrowly reflexed.[1]

Distribution

This shell occurs in Korea.[2]

References

Notes and References

  1. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41203558 Pilsbry, H. A. & Hirase, Y. (1909). Descriptions of new Korean land shells. Conchological magazine. 3: 9-13, pl. 5
  2. Kimura . Kazuki . Chiba . Satoshi . Pak . Jae-Hong . 2023-01-31 . Molecular investigation on diversity of the land snail genus Aegista (Gastropoda, Camaenidae) in South Korea . Biodiversity Data Journal . en . 11 . e96800 . 10.3897/BDJ.11.e96800 . free . 1314-2828.