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Aegista

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.

Description

The thin, conical or lenticular shell is depressed and widely umbilicated. The shell is uniform corneous. The shell is strongly sculptured. The periphery is rounded, or obtusely angulated. The rounded body whorl is descending in front. The peristome is slightly expanded, a little thickened within.

In the past, this genus has often been used interchangeably with Plectotropis <small>Martens, 1860</small>.

Distribution

This genus of snails is distributed throughout from Southeast Asia to temperate East Asia.

Species

Species within the genus Aegista include:

Synonyms

  • Aegista aemula <small>(Gude, 1900)</small>: synonym of Plectotropis aemula <small>(Gude, 1900)</small>
  • Aegista bonnieri <small>(H. Fischer, 1898)</small>: synonym of Plectotropis bonnieri <small>(H. Fischer, 1898)</small>
  • Aegista chondroderma <small>(O.F. von Möllendorff, 1900)</small>: synonym of Plectotropis chondroderma <small>Möllendorff, 1900</small>
  • Aegista coeni <small>Preston, 1914</small>: synonym of Landouria coeni <small>(Preston, 1914)</small> (original combination)
  • Aegista conomphala <small>Pilsbry & Y. Hirase, 1903</small>: synonym of Plectotropis conomphala <small>Pilsbry & Y. Hirase, 1903</small>
  • Aegista elegantissima <small>(L. Pfeiffer, 1849)</small> : synonym of Plectotropis elegantissima <small>(L. Pfeiffer, 1849)</small>
  • Aegista emma <small>(L. Pfeiffer, 1863)</small>: synonym of Ganesella emma <small>(L. Pfeiffer, 1863)</small> (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  • Aegista gerlachi <small>E.C. Von Martens, 1881</small>: synonym of Plectotropis gerlachi <small>(E. von Martens, 1881)</small>
  • Aegista grumulus <small>Godwin-Austen, 1891</small>: synonym of Landouria grumulus <small>(Godwin-Austen, 1891)</small>
  • Aegista horrida <small>(Pilsbry, 1900)</small>: synonym of Plectotropis horrida <small>(Pilsbry, 1900)</small>
  • Aegista inexpectata <small>Kuroda & Minato, 1977</small>: synonym of Plectotropis inexpectata <small>(Kuroda & Minato, 1977)</small>
  • Aegista inornata <small>(H.A. Pilsbry, 1901)</small>: synonym of Plectotropis osbeckii <small>(R. A. Philippi, 1847)</small>
  • Aegista kiusiuensis <small>(Pilsbry, 1900)</small>: synonym of Plectotropis kiusiuensis <small>(Pilsbry, 1900)</small>
  • Aegista lepidophora <small>(Gude, 1900)</small>: synonym of Plectotropis lepidophora <small>(Gude, 1900)</small>
  • Aegista mackensii <small>(A. Adams & Reeve, 1850)</small> : synonym of Plectotropis mackensii <small>(Adams & Reeve, 1850)</small>
  • Aegista martensiana <small>(H.A. Pilsbry, 1901)</small>: synonym of Aegista (Aegista) squarrosa squarrosa <small>(A. Gould, 1859)</small>: synonym of Aegista squarrosa squarrosa <small>(A. Gould, 1859)</small>
  • Aegista mesasiana <small>(Lindholm, 1927)</small>: synonym of Paedhoplita lentina <small>(E. von Martens, 1885)</small> (junior subjective synonym)
  • Aegista marginata <small>(Pilsbry & Y. Hirase, 1903)</small>: synonym of Plectotropis marginata <small>(Pilsbry & Y. Hirase, 1903)</small>
  • Aegista mimula <small>(H.A. Pilsbry, 1901)</small>: synonym of Aegista proba mimula <small>(Pilsbry, 1900)</small>
  • Aegista omiensis <small>(Pilsbry, 1901)</small>: synonym of Plectotropis omiensis <small>(Pilsbry, 1902)</small>
  • Aegista pannosa <small>(Pilsbry, 1902)</small>: synonym of Plectotropis pannosa <small>(Pilsbry, 1902)</small>
  • Aegista scepasma <small>(Reeve, 1854)</small>: synonym of Plectotropis scepasma <small>(Reeve, 1854)</small>
  • Aegista tenella <small>(L. Pfeiffer, 1862)</small> : synonym of Chloritis tenella <small>(L. Pfeiffer, 1862)</small> (subsequent combination)
  • Aegista tokunoshimana <small>Pilsbry & Y. Hirase, 1904</small>: synonym of Aegista squarrosa tokunoshimana <small>(Pilsbry & Y. Hirase, 1904)</small>
  • Aegista trichotropis <small>(L. Pfeiffer, 1850)</small>: synonym of Plectotropis trichotropis <small>(L. Pfeiffer, 1850)</small>
  • Aegista trochula <small>(A. Adams, 1868)</small>: synonym of Neoaegista trochula <small>(A. Adams, 1868)</small>
  • Aegista visayana <small>(Möllendorf, 1888)</small>: synonym of Plectotropis visayana <small>(Möllendorff, 1888)</small>
  • Aegista vulgivaga<small>(P.B. Schmacker & O. Böttger, 1890)</small>: synonym of Plectotropis vulgivaga <small>(Schmacker & O. Boettger, 1890)</small>
Taxon inquirendum:
  • Aegista delectabilis <small>(P. Ehrmann, 1900)</small>: synonym of Plectotropis delectabilis E<small>hrmann, 1900</small> (uncertain, unassessed)
  • Aegista shermani <small>L. Pfeiffer, 1866 sensu Huang et al. (2014)</small> taxon inquirendum, based on a misidentification; not Helix shermani <small>L. Pfeiffer, 1866</small>)

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