Plectotropis vulgivaga is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Camaenidae.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
Snails in this species create and use love darts as part of their mating behavior. The species can host sporocysts of Dicrocoelium
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: Taxonomy at: