Aegista gottschei is a species of air-breathing land snails, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod in the family Camaenidae. It was first described in 1887 by Otto Franz von Mollendorff as Helix (Aegista) gottschei.von Möllendorff, O. F. (1887). Die Landschnecken von Korea. Jahrbücher der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft. 14: 9-22, pl. 2 The species epithet honours Carl Christian Gottsche who collected this snail in Korea.
Subspecies Aegista gottschei fusanica (Pilsbry, 1927) Aegista gottschei gottschei (Möllendorff, 1887) Description The diameter of the shell is 11 mm.
The shell has a wide umbilicus. It shows delicately oblique striae, and has a membranous costulation, with microscopic spiraling lines. The shell presents a brownish corneous hue. Its contains 6-7 whorls, each gently convex, with the body whorl obtusely angulated and minutely deflected forward. The peristome is thin, modestly expanded, and somewhat reflected.G.W. Tryon, Manual of conchology. Second series: Pulmonata vol. II
Distribution This species occurs in Korea. It is endemic to Korea, where it is found under decayed broadleaf trees.
References
Kuroda, T. & Miyanaga, M. (1939). New Land Shells from Northern Tyosen (Korea). Venus. 9(2): 66–85.
External links Pilsbry, H. A. & Hirase, Y. (1909). Descriptions of new Korean land shells. Conchological magazine. 3: 9-13, pl. 5 Conchology.be: image