Aegista squarrosa


Aegista squarrosa is a species of air-breathing land snails, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod in the family Camaenidae.
;Subspecies:Aegista squarrosa squarrosa
  • ''Aegista squarrosa tokunoshimana''

Description

The shell is planorboid and somewhat squarish, with a coloration that is ochreous-corneous and paler on the underside. It has a convex shape and a broad umbilicus. There are six whorls that are convex and subangular at the periphery. The aperture is small, narrow, and lunate, with a simple peristome that is reflexed towards the columella.

Distribution

This species occurs on the Ryukyu Islands, Japan, and Korea.