Plectotropis vulgivaga explained

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

• 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: https://web.archive.org/web/20100418023749/http://shell.kwansei.ac.jp/~shell/pic_book/data31/r003070.html
• Taxonomy at: https://www.uniprot.org/taxonomy/89999

Notes and References

1. 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
2. Waki . Tsukasa . Ohari . Yuma . Hayashi . Kei . Moribe . Junji . Matsuo . Kayoko . Takashima . Yasuhiro . The first detection of Dicrocoelium chinensis sporocysts from the land snail Aegista vulgivaga in Gifu Prefecture, Japan . Journal of Veterinary Medical Science . 2021 . 83 . 6 . 957–961 . 10.1292/jvms.21-0012 . 33952762 . 8267190 .