Aegista platyomphala
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| Aegista platyomphala | |
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| Shell of Aegista platyomphala (specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Camaenidae |
| Genus: | Aegista |
| Species: | A. platyomphala |
| Binomial name | |
| Aegista platyomphala (Möllendorff, 1885) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Helix platyomphala Möllendorff, 1885 (original combination) | |
Aegista platyomphala is a species of air-breathing land snails, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod in the family Camaenidae.[1]
The diameter of the shell is 17.5 mm.
The thin shell is extensively umbilicated, translucent and horn-like. It is finely and closely obliquely striated, with a well-defined suture. It comprises seven whorls, slightly convex, with the body whorl faintly angled above, featuring a whitish band, and gently curved towards the front. The umbilicus is bounded by a distinct edge. The peristome is thickened, white, and turned outward.[2]
