Aegista vulgivaga
Aegista vulgivaga | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
(unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura |
Superfamily: | Helicoidea |
Family: | Bradybaenidae |
Genus: | Aegista |
Species: | A. vulgivaga |
Binomial name | |
Aegista vulgivaga (Schmacker and Boettger, 1890) | |
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Aegista vulgivaga is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Bradybaenidae.
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
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