Aegista
Encyclopedia
Aegista is a genus
of air-breathing land snail
s, terrestrial
pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Bradybaenidae
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to temperate East Asia
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Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of air-breathing land snail
Snail
Snail is a common name applied to most of the members of the molluscan class Gastropoda that have coiled shells in the adult stage. When the word is used in its most general sense, it includes sea snails, land snails and freshwater snails. The word snail without any qualifier is however more often...
s, terrestrial
Terrestrial animal
Terrestrial animals are animals that live predominantly or entirely on land , as compared with aquatic animals, which live predominantly or entirely in the water , or amphibians, which rely on a combination of aquatic and terrestrial habitats...
pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Bradybaenidae
Bradybaenidae
Bradybaenidae is a taxonomic family of medium-sized to small land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Helicoidea....
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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 AsiaSoutheast Asia
Southeast Asia, South-East Asia, South East Asia or Southeastern Asia is a subregion of Asia, consisting of the countries that are geographically south of China, east of India, west of New Guinea and north of Australia. The region lies on the intersection of geological plates, with heavy seismic...
to temperate East Asia
East Asia
East Asia or Eastern Asia is a subregion of Asia that can be defined in either geographical or cultural terms...
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Species
Species within the genus Aegista include:- Aegista accrescens
- Aegista aemula
- Aegista aperta
- Aegista araneaetela
- Aegista aubryana
- Aegista awajiensis
- Aegista bonnieri
- Aegista chinensis
- Aegista chondroderma
- Aegista conomphala
- Aegista crassiuscula
- Aegista delectabilis
- Aegista diplogramme
- Aegista elegantissima
- Aegista friedeliana
- Aegista fulgens
- Aegista fulvicans
- Aegista gerlachi
- Aegista hachijoensis
- Aegista herpestes
- Aegista horrida
- Aegista inermis
- Aegista inexpectataAegista inexpectataAegista inexpectata is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Bradybaenidae. This species is endemic to Japan.-References:* Mollusc Specialist Group 1996. . Downloaded on 6 August 2007....
- Aegista inornata
- Aegista inrinensis
- Aegista intonsaAegista intonsaAegista intonsa is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Bradybaenidae. This species is endemic to Japan.-References:* Mollusc Specialist Group 1996. . Downloaded on 6 August 2007....
- Aegista kiusiuensis
- Aegista kobensis
- Aegista lautsi
- Aegista lepidophora
- Aegista mackensii
- Aegista marginata
- Aegista martensiana
- Aegista mimula
- Aegista minima
- Aegista oculus
- Aegista omiensis
- Aegista packhaensis
- Aegista pannosa
- Aegista permellita
- Aegista perplexa
- Aegista platyomphala
- Aegista radleyi
- Aegista scepasma
- Aegista serpestes
- Aegista shikokuensis
- Aegista squarrosa
- Aegista subchinensis
- Aegista subinflexa
- Aegista tapeina
- Aegista tokunoshimana
- Aegista tokyoensisAegista tokyoensisAegista tokyoensis is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Bradybaenidae....
- Aegista trichotropis
- Aegista trochula
- Aegista vermis
- Aegista visayana
- Aegista vulgivagaAegista vulgivagaAegista vulgivaga is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Bradybaenidae.-References:* Images at: * Taxonomy at:...