Aegista fulvicans
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| Shell of Aegista fulvicans (lectotype[1]) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Camaenidae |
| Subfamily: | Bradybaeninae |
| Tribe: | Aegistini |
| Genus: | Aegista |
| Species: | A. fulvicans
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| Binomial name | |
| Aegista fulvicans (H. Adams, 1866)
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Aegista fulvicans is a species of air-breathing land snails, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod in the family Camaenidae.[3]
Subspecies
[edit]There are two subspecies:[3][4]
- Aegista fulvicans browni (Pilsbry & Hirase, 1905)
- Aegista fulvicans fulvicans (H. Adams, 1866)
Description
[edit]The diameter of the shell attains 11 mm, its height 9 mm,[2] or based on a later measurement, 14 mm and 9.9 mm, respectively. There are seven whorls.[1]
Distribution
[edit]This species is endemic to Taiwan.[4] Its type locality is "Tamsui, Formosa".[2][1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Hwang, Chungchi (2014). "Annotated type catalogue of land snails collected from Taiwan (Formosa) in the Natural History Museum, London". ZooKeys (428): 1–28. Bibcode:2014ZooK..428....1H. doi:10.3897/zookeys.428.8061.
- ^ a b c Adams, H.; London, Zoological Society of (1866). "Descriptions of fifteen new species of land and freshwater shells from Formosa, collected by Robert Swinhoe, Esq., Consul at Taiwan in that island". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 34: 316–319, pl. 33.
- ^ a b c MolluscaBase (2024). "Aegista fulvicans (H. Adams, 1866)". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
- ^ a b "Aegista fulvicans (Adams, 1866)". Catalogue of Life in Taiwan (TaiCOL). Taipei, Taiwan: Taiwan Biodiversity Information Facility. 2024. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
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