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

Aegista nikkoensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Camaenidae
Genus: Aegista
Species:
A. nikkoensis
Binomial name
Aegista nikkoensis
Kuroda, 1982
Synonyms[1]

Aegista (Aegista) nikkoensis Kuroda, 1982 (no subgenera are recognized)

Distribution

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This shell occurs in Japan.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b WoRMS. "Aegista nikkoensis Kuroda, 1982". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
  2. ^ Minato, H. (1988). A systematic and bibliographic list of the Japanese land snails. H. Minato, Shirahama, 294 pp., 7 pls.
  • Azuma, M. (1982). Colored Illustrations of the Land Snails of Japan. Hoikusha, Osaka. (in Japanese)