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Aegista caerulea

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Aegista caerulea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Camaenidae
Genus: Aegista
Species:
A. caerulea
Binomial name
Aegista caerulea
Kuroda & T. Habe, 1960
Synonyms[1]

Aegista (Aegista) caerulea Kuroda & Habe, 1960 (no subgenera are recognized)

Aegista caerulea is a species of air-breathing land snails, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod in the family Camaenidae.[1]

Distribution and habitat

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This shell occurs on the Ryukyu Islands, Japan. [1] and Korea[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b c WoRMS. "Aegista caerulea Kuroda & T. Habe, 1960". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 26 May 2024.
  2. ^ Kimura, Kazuki; Chiba, Satoshi; Pak, Jae-Hong (31 January 2023). "Molecular investigation on diversity of the land snail genus Aegista (Gastropoda, Camaenidae) in South Korea". Biodiversity Data Journal. 11: e96800. doi:10.3897/BDJ.11.e96800. ISSN 1314-2828. PMC 10848476. PMID 38327297.
  • Kuroda, T. (1960). Okinawa guntosan kairui mokuroku (tosokurui o nozoku). A catalogue of the molluscan fauna of the Okinawa Islands (exclusive of the Cephalopoda). Okinawa, Naha-Shi: Ryukyu University Kyomubu Fukyuka. iv, 106 pp., 3 plates.
  • Minato, H. (1988). A systematic and bibliographic list of the Japanese land snails. H. Minato, Shirahama, 294 pp., 7 pls.
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