''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: * ''

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 ''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 aperta ''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 araneaetela ''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 aubryana ''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 awajiensis ''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:/ ...

'' * '' Aegista bonnieri'' * ''

Aegista chinensis ''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 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 ...

'' (Bavay & Dautzenberg, 1900) * '' Aegista crassiuscula'' * '' Aegista delectabilis'' * '' Aegista diplogramme'' * ''

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'', ...

'' C.-W. Huang, Y.-C. Lee, S.-M. Lin & W.-L. Wu, 2014 * '' Aegista fausta'' Kuroda & Habe, 1951 * '' Aegista fauveli'' (Bavay & Dautzenberg, 1900) * '' Aegista elegantissima'' * '' Aegista friedeliana'' * '' Aegista fulgens'' * '' Aegista fulvicans'' * ''

Aegista gerlachi ''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 hachijoensis ''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 hakusanensis ''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:/ ...

'' M. Azuma & Y. Azuma, 1982 * '' Aegista hebes'' (Pilsbry & Hirase, 1905) * ''

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:/ ...

'' Hirano, Kameda & Chiba, 2016 * ''

Aegista horrida ''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 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 ''Aegista inexpectata'' is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Camaenidae. This species is endemic to Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an isl ...

'' * '' Aegista inornata'' * ''

Aegista inrinensis ''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 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 ...

'' Thach & F. Huber, 2021 * '' Aegista kiusiuensis'' * ''

Aegista kobensis ''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 kunimiensis ''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:/ ...

'' M. Azuma & Y. Azuma, 1982 * ''

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 ...

'' Zhang, 1993 * ''

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:/ ...

'' (Pilsbry & Y. Hirase, 1909) * ''

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 ...

'' (Schmacker & O. Boettger, 1890) * '' Aegista laurentii'' (Gredler, 1887) * ''

Aegista lepidophora ''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:/ ...

'' * ''Aegista mackensii'' (A. Adams & Reeve, 1850) : synonym of ''

Plectotropis mackensii ''Plectotropis mackensii'' is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca ca ...

'' (Adams & Reeve, 1850) * ''

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 ''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 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 ''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 oculus ''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 oldhami ''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:/ ...

'' (Benson, 1859) * ''

Aegista omma ''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 ...

'' (Pilsbry & Y. Hirase, 1904) * ''

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:/ ...

'' Thach & F. Huber, 2021 * ''

Aegista omiensis ''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:/ ...

'' (Pilsbry, 1901): synonym of ''

Plectotropis omiensis ''Plectotropis'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Camaenidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Plectotropis E. von Martens, 1860. Accessed through: World Register of Marine ...

'' (Pilsbry, 1902) * ''

Aegista packhaensis ''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 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 ...

'' * '' Aegista permellita'' * ''

Aegista perplexa ''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 platyomphala ''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 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:/ ...

'' * '' Aegista scepasma'' * ''

Aegista serpestes ''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 squarrosa ''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 ...

'' (A. Gould, 1859) * '' Aegista stenomphala'' Minato, 2003 * ''

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 ''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:/ ...

'' Thach & F. Huber, 2021 * ''

'' * '' Aegista subchinensis'' * ''

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 ...

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 {{Camaenidae-stub