Aegista vulgivaga

Aegista vulgivaga is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Camaenidae.

Aegista vulgivaga
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A. vulgivaga
Binomial name
Aegista vulgivaga
(Schmacker and Boettger, 1890)

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.

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