Aegista

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Aegista
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Two live individuals of Aegista tokyoensis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Camaenidae
Subfamily: Bradybaeninae
Tribe: Aegistini
Genus: Aegista
Albers, 1850
Type species
Helix chinensis
Philippi, 1845
Species

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Synonyms [1]
  • Eulota (Aegista)Albers, 1850 (unaccepted combination)
  • Helix (Aegista)Albers, 1850

Aegista is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Camaenidae. [1]

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Anatomy

Species within this genus create and use love darts as part of their mating behavior.

Distribution

This genus of snails is distributed throughout from Southeast Asia to temperate East Asia.

Species

Species within the genus Aegista include:

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References

  1. 1 2 MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Aegista Albers, 1850. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=874976 on 2020-05-07