Plectotropis vulgivaga
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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
This species of snail is endemic to Japan.
References
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- ↑ 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
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- Minato, H. (1988). A systematic and bibliographic list of the Japanese land snails. H. Minato, Shirahama, 294 pp., 7 pls.
External links
- 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]