Aegopis verticillus

Aegopis verticillus is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Zonitidae, the true glass snails. It was first described in 1822 by Lamarck.[1] It is defined as Least Concern on the ICUN Red List.[2]

Aegopis verticillus
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:
Zonitoidea
Family:
Zonitidae
Genus:
Aegopis
Species:
A. verticillus
Binomial name
Aegopis verticillus
(Lamarck, 1822)
Aegopis verticillus

Distribution

This species occurs in Europe, including Bosnia, Montenegro, Hungary, Czech Republic, Italy and the Alps, and has been introduced to Germany.[3]

References
  1. "Terrestrial Snails and Slugs". molluscs.at. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2020-03-05.
  2. Duda, Michael (2017-01-01). "Aegopis verticillus". doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T170976A1319520.en. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  3. "AnimalBase :: Aegopis verticillus species homepage". www.animalbase.uni-goettingen.de. Archived from the original on 2013-07-29. Retrieved 2020-03-05.


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