Aegista diversa

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Aegista diversa
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Camaenidae
Genus: Aegista
Species:
A. diversa
Binomial name
Aegista diversa
Kuroda & Miyanaga, 1936
Synonyms [1]

Aegista (Plectotropis) diversaKuroda & Miyanaga, 1936

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Aegista diversa is a species of air-breathing land snails, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod in the family Camaenidae, [1] and was first described in 1936 by Tokubei Kuroda. [1] [2] It is an hermaphrodite with fertililisation occurring as the eggs are laid. [3]

Subspecies

Distribution and habitat

This species is endemic to Korea, [3] [4] where it is found in forests under moist fallen leaves or under rocks, in the mountainous areas of the central & northern regions. [3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 WoRMS. "Aegista diversa Kuroda & Miyanaga, 1936". World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved 28 May 2024.PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .
  2. Kuroda, T. (1936). Conchological news, with preliminary reports on new species. Venus. 6 (3): 168–174
  3. 1 2 3 "국립생물자원관 한반도의 생물다양성 (NIBR: Detail - Aegista diversa)". species.nibr.go.kr. Retrieved 8 April 2025.
  4. Kimura, Kazuki; Chiba, Satoshi; Pak, Jae-Hong (31 January 2023). "Molecular investigation on diversity of the land snail genus Aegista (Gastropoda, Camaenidae) in South Korea". Biodiversity Data Journal. 11: e96800. doi: 10.3897/BDJ.11.e96800 . ISSN   1314-2828. PMC   10848476 . PMID   38327297.

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