Aegopinella denudata
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| Aegopinella denudata | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Gastrodontidae |
| Genus: | Aegopinella |
| Species: | †A. denudata |
| Binomial name | |
| †Aegopinella denudata (Reuss, 1849) | |
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Aegopinella denudata is an extinct species of small land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Gastrodontidae, the glass snails.[1]
The diameter of the shell attains 14 mm (0.6 in), its height 4.5 mm (0.2 in).[citation needed]
(Original description in Latin) The solid shell is depressed and flat spire and a broad, open umbilicus. It is shiny and shows microscopically small spiral striations. It features 5.5 convex whorls. The sutures are moderately impressed. The wide and elongate-ovoid aperture is depressed-lunate. The body whorl expands rapidly. The peristome is acute, simple, and straight. It exhibits a creeping growth pattern.[2]
