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Aegista
Sign in to saveAegista is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Camaenidae.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumMollusca
- ClassGastropoda
- OrderStylommatophora
- FamilyCamaenidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 228
- With media
- 66
- Family
- Camaenidae
- Collections
- RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, UMMZ, USNM, SBMNH
- Recorded in
- China, Japan, Indonesia, South Korea, Thailand, Vietnam
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- Aegista tokyoensis 02.JPG
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Encyclopedic overview
7 sectionsContents
- Anatomy
- Description
- Distribution
- Species
- Synonyms
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Aegista is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Camaenidae.
==Anatomy== Species within this genus create and use love darts as part of their mating behavior.
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