Aegopinella minor

Aegopinella minor
Shell of Aegopinella minor (specimen at MNHN, paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Gastrodontidae
Genus: Aegopinella
Species:
A. minor
Binomial name
Aegopinella minor
(Stabile, 1864)
Synonyms
  • Aegopinella inermis A. J. Wagner, 1907 (junior synonym)
  • Hyalina nitens inermis A. J. Wagner, 1907 (junior synonym)
  • Hyalina nitens var. minor Stabile, 1864 (basionym)
  • Hyalinia (Polita) stauropolitana O. von Rosen, 1903 (junior synonym)
  • Hyalinia stauropolitana Rosen, 1903 (junior synonym)

Aegopinella minor is a 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 8.5 mm (0.33 in), its height 3.5 mm (0.14 in).

(Original description in German of Hyalina nitens inermis) The shell is generally smaller than the typical form, with a flatter shape and a wider umbilicus. The spire is lower, consisting of 4.5 to 5 not very convex whorls, including the body whorl. These whorls increase more slowly and regularly in size. The body whorl is more compressed and gradually widens towards the aperture, descending less at the front. The insertions of the aperture margin are less closely spaced. [2]

(Original description in Latin of Hyalinia (Polita) stauropolitana O. von Rosen, 1903) The shell is closely related to Aegopinella pura (Alder, 1830), but it is larger and more depressed. It is yellowish, shiny, and transparent. The shell consists of 5 to 5.5 whorls, with the body whorl being more extended. [3]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Czech Republic, Ukraine[4] and other countries: mostly Central Europe and Eastern Europe to the Caucasus; also in Northern Greece; isolated sighting in Catalonia.

References

  1. ^ WoRMS. "Aegopinella minor (Stabile, 1864)". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2024-05-30.
  2. ^ Wagner, A. J. (1907). Zur Kenntnis der Molluskenfauna Oesterreichs und Ungarns, sowie der angrenzenden Balkanländer. Nachrichtsblatt der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft. 39 (3): 101-115. Frankfurt am Main Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  3. ^ Rosen, O. von. (1903). Neue Arten aus dem Kaukasus und Zentralasien. Nachrichtsblatt der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft. 35 (11/12): 178-182. Frankfurt am Main Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  4. ^ Balashov I. & Gural-Sverlova N. 2012. An annotated checklist of the terrestrial molluscs of Ukraine. Journal of Conchology. 41 (1): 91-109.
  • Kerney, M.P., Cameron, R.A.D. & Jungbluth, J-H. (1983). Die Landschnecken Nord- und Mitteleuropas. Ein Bestimmungsbuch für Biologen und Naturfreunde, 384 pp., 24 plates. [Summer or later]. Hamburg / Berlin (Paul Parey)
  • Sysoev, A. V. & Schileyko, A. A. (2009). Land snails and slugs of Russia and adjacent countries. Sofia/Moskva (Pensoft). 312 pp., 142 plates. [June] [= Pensoft Series Faunistica No 87].
  • Bank, R. A.; Neubert, E. (2017). Checklist of the land and freshwater Gastropoda of Europe. Last update: July 16, 2017