Aegista diversa | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Order: | Stylommatophora |
Family: | Camaenidae |
Genus: | Aegista |
Species: | A. diversa |
Binomial name | |
Aegista diversa | |
Synonyms [1] | |
Aegista (Plectotropis) diversaKuroda & Miyanaga, 1936 Contents |
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]
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]