Aegopinella subnitens
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| Aegopinella subnitens | |
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| Shell of Aegopinella subnitens (holotype) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Gastrodontidae |
| Genus: | Aegopinella |
| Species: | †A. subnitens |
| Binomial name | |
| †Aegopinella subnitens (Klein, 1853) | |
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Aegopinella subnitens is an extinct species of small land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Gastrodontidae, the glass snails.[1]
(Original description in Latin) The shell is distinctly umbilicate and depressed, with a flat and glabrous surface. It is shiny and consists of 4.5 convex whorls that gradually increase in size, with the body whorl slightly expanded anteriorly. The aperture is ovate-lunate, and the peristome is simple and acute, with the apertural lip being non-callous.[2]
