''Aegista'' is a
genus of air-breathing
land snail
A land snail is any of the numerous species of snail that live on land, as opposed to the sea snails and freshwater snails. ''Land snail'' is the common name for terrestrial gastropod mollusks that have shells (those without shells are known as ...
s,
terrestrial pulmonate
Pulmonata or pulmonates, is an informal group (previously an order, and before that a subclass) of snails and slugs characterized by the ability to breathe air, by virtue of having a pallial lung instead of a gill, or gills. The group includ ...
gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusks in the family
Camaenidae.
[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]
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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Aegista accrescens
''Aegista'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Camaenidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Aegista Albers, 1850. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http:/ ...
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Aegista aemula''
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Aegista aperta''
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Aegista araneaetela''
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Aegista aubryana''
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Aegista awajiensis''
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Aegista bonnieri''
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Aegista chinensis''
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Aegista chondroderma
''Aegista'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Camaenidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Aegista Albers, 1850. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http:/ ...
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Aegista conomphala
''Aegista'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Camaenidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Aegista Albers, 1850. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www ...
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Aegista coudeini
''Aegista'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Camaenidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Aegista Albers, 1850. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www ...
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(Bavay & Dautzenberg, 1900)
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Aegista crassiuscula''
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Aegista delectabilis''
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Aegista diplogramme''
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Aegista diversifamilia
''Aegista diversifamilia'' is a species of air-breathing land snails, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk from Taiwan.
Discovery and naming
''A. diversifamilia'' was previously identified as being part of the species '' A. subchinensis'', ...
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C.-W. Huang, Y.-C. Lee, S.-M. Lin & W.-L. Wu, 2014
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Aegista fausta''
Kuroda & Habe, 1951
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Aegista fauveli''
(Bavay & Dautzenberg, 1900)
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Aegista elegantissima''
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Aegista friedeliana''
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Aegista fulgens''
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Aegista fulvicans''
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Aegista gerlachi''
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Aegista hachijoensis''
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Aegista hakusanensis''
M. Azuma & Y. Azuma, 1982
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Aegista hebes''
(Pilsbry & Hirase, 1905)
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Aegista herpestes
''Aegista'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, Terrestrial animal, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Camaenidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Aegista Albers, 1850. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Sp ...
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Aegista hiroshifukudai
''Aegista'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Camaenidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Aegista Albers, 1850. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http:/ ...
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Hirano, Kameda & Chiba, 2016
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Aegista horrida''
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Aegista inermis
''Aegista'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Camaenidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Aegista Albers, 1850. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http:/ ...
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Aegista inexpectata''
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Aegista inornata''
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Aegista inrinensis''
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Aegista intonsa
''Aegista intonsa'' is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Camaenidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Aegista intonsa (Pilsbry & Y. Hirase, 1902). Accessed through: World Reg ...
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Aegista kantori
''Aegista'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, Terrestrial animal, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Camaenidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Aegista Albers, 1850. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Sp ...
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Thach & F. Huber, 2021
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Aegista kiusiuensis''
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Aegista kobensis''
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Aegista kunimiensis''
M. Azuma & Y. Azuma, 1982
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Aegista laoyelingensis
''Aegista'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Camaenidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Aegista Albers, 1850. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www ...
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Zhang, 1993
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Aegista lasia
''Aegista'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Camaenidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Aegista Albers, 1850. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http:/ ...
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(Pilsbry & Y. Hirase, 1909)
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Aegista lautsi
''Aegista'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Camaenidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Aegista Albers, 1850. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://w ...
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(Schmacker & O. Boettger, 1890)
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Aegista laurentii''
(Gredler, 1887)
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Aegista lepidophora''
* ''Aegista mackensii''
(A. Adams & Reeve, 1850) : synonym of ''
Plectotropis mackensii''
(Adams & Reeve, 1850)
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Aegista marginata
''Aegista'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Camaenidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Aegista Albers, 1850. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http:/ ...
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Aegista martensiana''
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Aegista mimula
''Aegista'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Camaenidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Aegista Albers, 1850. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http:/ ...
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Aegista minima''
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Aegista oculus''
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Aegista oldhami''
(Benson, 1859)
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Aegista omma''
(Pilsbry & Y. Hirase, 1904)
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Aegista onae
''Aegista'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Camaenidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Aegista Albers, 1850. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http:/ ...
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Thach & F. Huber, 2021
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Aegista omiensis''
(Pilsbry, 1901): synonym of ''
Plectotropis omiensis''
(Pilsbry, 1902)
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Aegista packhaensis''
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Aegista pannosa
''Aegista'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Camaenidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Aegista Albers, 1850. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www ...
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Aegista permellita''
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Aegista perplexa''
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Aegista platyomphala''
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Aegista radleyi
''Aegista'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Camaenidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Aegista Albers, 1850. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http:/ ...
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Aegista scepasma''
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Aegista serpestes''
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Aegista squarrosa''
(A. Gould, 1859)
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Aegista stenomphala''
Minato, 2003
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Aegista shikokuensis
''Aegista'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Camaenidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Aegista Albers, 1850. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www ...
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Aegista stephanieclarkae''
Thach & F. Huber, 2021
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Aegista squarrosa''
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Aegista subchinensis''
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Aegista subinflexa
''Aegista'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Camaenidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Aegista Albers, 1850. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http:/ ...
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Aegista tapeina
''Aegista'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Camaenidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Aegista Albers, 1850. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http:/ ...
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Aegista tokunoshimana
''Aegista'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Camaenidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Aegista Albers, 1850. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http:/ ...
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Aegista tokyoensis
''Aegista tokyoensis'' is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Camaenidae
Camaenidae is a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the super ...
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Aegista trichotropis
''Aegista'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Camaenidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Aegista Albers, 1850. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http:/ ...
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Aegista trochula
''Aegista'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Camaenidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Aegista Albers, 1850. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http:/ ...
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Aegista vermis
''Aegista'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Camaenidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Aegista Albers, 1850. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http:/ ...
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Aegista visayana
''Aegista'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Camaenidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Aegista Albers, 1850. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http:/ ...
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Aegista vulgivaga
''Aegista vulgivaga'' is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Camaenidae. Snails in this species create and use love darts as part of their mating behavior. The species can host spo ...
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References
* List of species at
* Taxonomy at
* Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16, 2017.
External links
Albers, J. C. (1850). Die Heliceen nach natürlicher Verwandtschaft systematisch geordnet. Berlin: Enslin. 262 pp.
Aegista,
Camaenidae
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
Gastropod genera
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