Aegista diversa

Aegista diversa
Scientific classification
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

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

• Aegista diversa excellensKuroda & Miyanaga, 1939

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. WoRMS. "Aegista diversa Kuroda & Miyanaga, 1936". World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved 28 May 2024. 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. "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.

Further reading

• Kuroda, T. (1936). Conchological news, with preliminary reports on new species. Venus. 6 (3): 168–174.
• Kuroda, T. & Miyanaga, M. (1939). New Land Shells from Northern Tyosen (Korea). Venus. 9(2): 66–85.