Aegista phayrei | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
Order: | Stylommatophora |
Family: | Camaenidae |
Genus: | Aegista |
Species: | A. phayrei
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Binomial name | |
Aegista phayrei (Theobald, 1859)
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Synonyms[1] | |
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Aegista phayrei is a species of air-breathing land snails, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod in the family Camaenidae.[1]
(Original description in Latin) The shell is lenticular and funnel-shaped with an obtuse keel. It features strong striations with curved, confluent transverse lines. It has six distinct, convex whorls. The suture is impressed. The aperture is oblique and nearly square in shape. The peristome is thin and reflexed.[2]
This species occurs in Myanmar.[2]