Aegista vulgivaga
Aegista vulgivaga is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Camaenidae. Snails in this species create and use love darts as part of their mating behavior. The species can host sporocysts of Dicrocoelium[1]
Aegista vulgivaga | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
Order: | Stylommatophora |
Family: | Camaenidae |
Genus: | Aegista |
Species: | A. vulgivaga |
Binomial name | |
Aegista vulgivaga (Schmacker and Boettger, 1890) | |
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Distribution
This species of snail is endemic to Japan.
References
- Waki, Tsukasa; Ohari, Yuma; Hayashi, Kei; Moribe, Junji; Matsuo, Kayoko; Takashima, Yasuhiro (2021). "The first detection of Dicrocoelium chinensis sporocysts from the land snail Aegista vulgivaga in Gifu Prefecture, Japan". Journal of Veterinary Medical Science. 83 (6): 957–961. doi:10.1292/jvms.21-0012. PMC 8267190. PMID 33952762.
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