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 Martens, 1860.
Distribution
This genus of snails is distributed throughout from Southeast Asia to temperate East Asia.Species
Species within the genus Aegista include:Aegista accrescens Aegista araneaetela Aegista aubryana Aegista awajiensis Aegista baphica Aegista caerulea Kuroda & T. Habe, 1960Aegista calcicola Aegista carinata Aegista catostoma Aegista celsa Aegista chejuensis Aegista chinensis Aegista chosenica Aegista congener Preston, 1914Aegista coudeini Aegista crassiuscula Aegista diversa Kuroda & Miyanaga, 1936Aegista diversifamilia C.-W. Huang, Y.-C. Lee, S.-M. Lin & W.-L. Wu, 2014Aegista fausta Kuroda & Habe, 1951Aegista fauveli Aegista friedeliana Aegista fulvicans Aegista furtiva Aegista gitaena Aegista gottschei Aegista granti Aegista hachijoensis Aegista hakusanensis M. Azuma & Y. Azuma, 1982Aegista hebes Aegista herpestes Aegista hiroshifukudai Hirano, Kameda & Chiba, 2016Aegista huberorum Thach, 2023Aegista hupeana Aegista impexa Aegista inrinensis Aegista intonsa Aegista kanmuriyamensis M. Azuma & Y. Azuma, 1982Aegista kantori Thach & F. Huber, 2021Aegista kobensis Aegista kunimiensis M. Azuma & Y. Azuma, 1982Aegista laoyelingensis Zhang, 1993Aegista lasia Aegista laurentii Aegista lautsi Aegista mayasana Aegista megachila Möllendorff, 1899Aegista minima Aegista mitanensis Aegista nikkoensis Kuroda, 1982Aegista oculus Aegista oldhami Aegista omma Aegista onae Thach & F. Huber, 2021Aegista packhaensis Bavay & Dautzenberg, 1909)Aegista permellita Aegista perplexa Aegista phayrei Aegista platyomphala Aegista proba Aegista proxima Aegista pseudopapuina Aegista pseudotrochula Aegista pygmaea Kuroda & Kawamoto, 1956Aegista pyramidata Aegista serpestes Aegista squarrosa Aegista stenomphala Minato, 2003Aegista stephanieclarkae Thach & F. Huber, 2021Aegista subchinensis Aegista subinflexa Aegista tadai Minato, 1983Aegista taiwanica Kuroda, 1941Aegista tapeina Aegista tenerrima Möllendorff, 1899Aegista tenuissima Aegista tokyoensis Sorita, 1980Aegista tumida- ''Aegista vermis''
Synonyms
Aegista aemula : synonym of Plectotropis aemula Aegista bonnieri : synonym of Plectotropis bonnieri Aegista chondroderma : synonym of Plectotropis chondroderma Möllendorff, 1900Aegista coeni Preston, 1914: synonym of Landouria coeni Aegista conomphala Pilsbry & Y. Hirase, 1903: synonym of Plectotropis conomphala Pilsbry & Y. Hirase, 1903Aegista elegantissima : synonym of Plectotropis elegantissima Aegista emma : synonym of Ganesella emma Aegista gerlachi E.C. Von Martens, 1881: synonym of Plectotropis gerlachi Aegista grumulus Godwin-Austen, 1891: synonym of Landouria grumulus Aegista horrida : synonym of Plectotropis horrida Aegista inexpectata Kuroda & Minato, 1977: synonym of Plectotropis inexpectata Aegista inornata : synonym of Plectotropis osbeckii Aegista kiusiuensis : synonym of Plectotropis kiusiuensis Aegista lepidophora : synonym of Plectotropis lepidophora Aegista mackensii : synonym of Plectotropis mackensii Aegista martensiana : synonym of Aegista squarrosa squarrosa : synonym of Aegista squarrosa squarrosa Aegista mesasiana : synonym of Paedhoplita lentina Aegista marginata : synonym of Plectotropis marginata Aegista mimula : synonym of Aegista proba mimula Aegista omiensis : synonym of Plectotropis omiensis Aegista pannosa : synonym of Plectotropis pannosa Aegista scepasma : synonym of Plectotropis scepasma Aegista tenella : synonym of Chloritis tenella Aegista tokunoshimana Pilsbry & Y. Hirase, 1904: synonym of Aegista squarrosa tokunoshimana Aegista trichotropis : synonym of Plectotropis trichotropis Aegista trochula : synonym of Neoaegista trochula Aegista visayana : synonym of Plectotropis visayana Aegista vulgivaga: synonym of Plectotropis vulgivaga;Taxon inquirendum:Aegista delectabilis : synonym of Plectotropis delectabilis Ehrmann, 1900 Aegista shermani L. Pfeiffer, 1866 sensu Huang et al.