Aegista vermis | |
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Shell of Aegista vermis | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Order: | Stylommatophora |
Family: | Camaenidae |
Subfamily: | Bradybaeninae |
Tribe: | Aegistini |
Genus: | Aegista |
Species: | A. vermis
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Binomial name | |
Aegista vermis (Reeve, 1852))
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Synonyms[1] | |
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Aegista vermis is a species of air-breathing land snails, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod in the family Camaenidae.[1]
The diameter of the shell attains 32 mm.
The shell displays a markedly wide umbilicus, presenting a solid structure. It is intricately marked with closely spaced rugose striations, imparting a radiant fulvous horn-like appearance, accentuated by a delicate white peripheral line. The shell shows eight flattened whorls that gradually increase in size. The body whorl barely projects forward. The shell's periphery adopts a subtly angular form. Its peristome, thin and whitish, elegantly reflects outward.[2]
This species occurs in Japan.