Aegopinella pura

Aegopinella pura
	Aegopinella pura figures 28, 29
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Heterobranchia; clade Euthyneura; clade Panpulmonata; clade Eupulmonata; clade Stylommatophora; informal group Sigmurethra; clade Limacoid clade
Superfamily:	Gastrodontoidea
Family:	Oxychilidae
Subfamily:	Godwiniinae
Genus:	Aegopinella
Species:	A. pura
Binomial name
	Aegopinella pura; (Alder, 1830)
Synonyms
	Retinella pura

Aegopinella pura is a species of small land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Oxychilidae, the glass snails.

Description

For terms see gastropod shell

The shell is colourless or weakly brown and weakly shiny. The microsculpture (only visible under a microscope, 35-40 x) is faint, spiral lines crossing irregular radial lines. There are 3.5-4 convex whorls, the last whorl increasing and not descending near aperture.The umbilicus is wide and slightly excentric.

Distribution

This species occurs in countries and islands including:

References

^ Balashov I. & Gural-Sverlova N. 2012. An annotated checklist of the terrestrial molluscs of Ukraine. Journal of Conchology. 41 (1): 91-109.

External links

Aegopinella pura at Animalbase taxonomy,short description, distribution, biology,status (threats), images

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[Balashov-1] Balashov I. & Gural-Sverlova N. 2012. An annotated checklist of the terrestrial molluscs of Ukraine. Journal of Conchology. 41 (1): 91-109.

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