Biology:Aegista subchinensis

From HandWiki
Short description: Species of gastropod

Aegista subchinensis
Naturalis Biodiversity Center - RMNH.MOL.313486 - Aegista subchinensis (Von Moellendorff, 1884) - Bradybaenidae - Mollusc shell.jpeg
Aegista subchinensis shell
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Camaenidae
Genus: Aegista
Species:
A. subchinensis
Binomial name
Aegista subchinensis

Aegista subchinensis (台灣大臍蝸牛; 'Taiwan's umbilical snail') is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Camaenidae.[1] This species is endemic to the island of Formosa.[2]

References

  • Hsieh, B.-C., Hwang, C.-C. & Wu, S.-P. (2006). Landsnails of Taiwan. Forestry Bureau Council of Agriculture Executive Yuan, Taipei. 278 pp.

page(s): 250

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q10914653 entry