Aegopinella denudata

Aegopinella denudata
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)
Synonyms
† Helix denudata Reuss, 1849 superseded combination † Hyalina denudata (Reuss, 1849) superseded combination † Hyalina denudata var. sculpta Babor, 1897 junior subjective synonym † Oxychilus (Oxychilus) denudatum (Reuss, 1849) superseded combination † Oxychilus (Oxychilus) denudatum sculptum (Babor, 1897) junior subjective synonym

Aegopinella denudata is an extinct species of small land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Gastrodontidae, the glass snails.[1]

Description

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]

Distribution

Fossils of this extinct species were found in Miocene strata in the Czech Republic.

References

1. WoRMS. "Aegopinella denudata (Reuss, 1849)". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2024-05-30.
2. Reuss, A.E. (1849). Beschreibung der fossilen Ostracoden und Mollusken der tertiären Süsswasserschichten des nördlichen Böhmens (In: Reuss, A.E., Meyer, H.v.). Palaeontographica. 2, 16-42. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

Further reading

• Babor, J.F. (1897). "Beiträge zur Kenntnis der tertiären Binnenconchylienfauna Böhmens. I." Sitzungsberichten der Königlichen Böhmischen Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften, Mathematisch-naturwissenschaftliche Classe. 63: 1–18.
• Harzhauser, M.; Neubauer, T.A.; Georgopoulou, E.; Harl, J. (2014). "The Early Miocene (Burdigalian) mollusc fauna of the North Bohemian Lake (Most Basin)". Bulletin of Geosciences. 89 (4): 819–908. doi:10.3140/bull.geosci.1503.