Aegista vulgivaga

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Aegista vulgivaga
Aegista vulgivaga - Osaka Museum of Natural History - DSC07742.JPG
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Camaenidae
Genus: Aegista
Species:
A. vulgivaga
Binomial name
Aegista vulgivaga
(Schmacker and Boettger, 1890)

Aegista vulgivaga is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Camaenidae.

Anatomy[]

Snails in this species create and use love darts as part of their mating behavior.

Distribution[]

This species of snail is endemic to Japan.

References[]

  • Images at: [1]
  • Taxonomy at: [2]


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