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Plectotropis vulgivaga

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Plectotropis vulgivaga
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Camaenidae
Genus: Plectotropis
Species:
P. vulgivaga
Binomial name
Plectotropis vulgivaga
(Schmacker and Boettger, 1890)
Synonyms[1]
  • Eulota (Plectotropis) vulgivaga (Schmacker & O. Boettger, 1890) (unaccepted combination)
  • Eulota vulgivaga (Schmacker & O. Boettger, 1890) (unaccepted combination)
  • Helix mackensii var. vulgivaga Schmacker & O. Boettger, 1890 (original combination and rank)

Plectotropis vulgivaga is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Camaenidae. [1]

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

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This species of snail is endemic to Japan.

References

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  1. ^ 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
  2. ^ 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.
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