Plectotropis vulgivaga is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Camaenidae. [1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Camaenidae |
| Genus: | Plectotropis |
| Species: | P. vulgivaga
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| Plectotropis vulgivaga (Schmacker and Boettger, 1890)
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Snails in this species create and use love darts as part of their mating behavior. The species can host sporocysts of Dicrocoelium[2]
- Subspecies
- Plectotropis vulgivaga lanx (Pilsbry, 1902)
- Plectotropis vulgivaga vulgivaga (Schmacker & O. Boettger, 1890)
Distribution
editThis species of snail is endemic to Japan.
References
edit- ^ a b MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Plectotropis vulgivaga (Schmacker & O. Boettger, 1890). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1332157 on 2024-05-23
- ^ 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.
- Minato, H. (1988). A systematic and bibliographic list of the Japanese land snails. H. Minato, Shirahama, 294 pp., 7 pls.
External links
edit- Schmacker, B. & Boettger, O. (1890). Neue Materialien zur Charakteristik und geographischen Verbreitung chinesischer und japanischer Binnenmollusken I. Nachrichtsblatt der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft, 22 (1/2): 1-30, pl. 1; 22 (7/8): 113-137, pl. 2
- Images at: [1]
- Taxonomy at: [2]
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