Aegopinella denudata

Aegopinella denudata
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Heterobranchia
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	† Helix denudata Reuss, 1849 superseded combination; † Hyalina denudata (Reuss, 1849) superseded combination; † Hyalina denudata var. sculpta Babor, 1897 junior subjective synonym; † Oxychilus (Oxychilus) denudatum (Reuss, 1849) superseded combination; † Oxychilus (Oxychilus) denudatum sculptum (Babor, 1897) junior subjective synonym;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, its height 4.5 mm.^{[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

^ WoRMS. "Aegopinella denudata (Reuss, 1849)". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2024-05-30.
^ 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.

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[WoRMS-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.

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