Aegopinella pura

Aegopinella pura
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

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:

References

  1. Balashov I. & Gural-Sverlova N. 2012. An annotated checklist of the terrestrial molluscs of Ukraine. Journal of Conchology. 41 (1): 91-109.

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