Aegista vulgivaga

Aegista vulgivaga
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group Sigmurethra

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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