Aegopinella pura
| Aegopinella pura | |
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| Aegopinella pura figures 28, 29 | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata clade Eupulmonata clade Stylommatophora informal group Sigmurethra clade Limacoid clade |
| Superfamily: | Gastrodontoidea |
| Family: | Oxychilidae |
| Subfamily: | Godwiniinae |
| Genus: | Aegopinella |
| Species: | A. pura |
| Binomial name | |
| Aegopinella pura (Alder, 1830) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Retinella pura | |
Aegopinella pura is a species of small land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Oxychilidae, the glass snails.
Description
For terms see gastropod shell
The shell is colourless or weakly brown and weakly shiny. The microsculpture (only visible under a microscope, 35-40 x) is faint, spiral lines crossing irregular radial lines. There are 3.5-4 convex whorls, the last whorl increasing and not descending near aperture.The umbilicus is wide and slightly excentric.
Distribution
This species occurs in countries and islands including:
- Czech Republic
- Ukraine[1]
- Great Britain
- Ireland
- and other areas
References
- ↑ Balashov I. & Gural-Sverlova N. 2012. An annotated checklist of the terrestrial molluscs of Ukraine. Journal of Conchology. 41 (1): 91-109.
External links
- Aegopinella pura at Animalbase taxonomy,short description, distribution, biology,status (threats), images
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