Aegista fulvicans | |
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Shell of Aegista fulvicans (lectotype[1]) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
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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Synonyms[3] | |
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Aegista fulvicans is a species of air-breathing land snails, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod in the family Camaenidae.[3]
There are two subspecies:[3][4]
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]
This species is endemic to Taiwan.[4] Its type locality is "Tamsui, Formosa".[2][1]