Aegopinella depressula

Aegopinella depressula is an extinct species of small land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Gastrodontidae, the glass snails.[1]

Aegopinella depressula
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Gastrodontidae
Genus: Aegopinella
Species:
A. depressula
Binomial name
Aegopinella depressula
Harzhauser & Neubauer, 2018

Description

The diameter of the shell attains 6 mm, its height 1.45 mm.

Distribution

Fossils of this extinct species were found in middle Miocene strata near Opole, Poland.

References


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