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New species of snail named after gay marriage Scientists chose the name 'diversifamilia Aegista' for new species. For starters, snails hermaphrodites representing onra sexual diversity.
Scientists at the National University of Taiwan Regular decided onra to express support for the struggle for the right to marriage between persons of the same sex in an unusual way. Gave it a new species of snail named Aegista diversifamilia, referring to the diversity of families made possible by the egalitarian marriage.
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To date, this species was confused with Aegista subchinensis, snail described in 1884 and widely distributed in Taiwan. One of the authors of the study, Yen-Chang Lee, realized in 2003 that there were differences between the specimens found in the east and west of Taiwan.
From this observation, researchers did a morphological analysis and applied molecular markers to check for differences between the snails in both regions. The results showed that these were actually different species.
Time to name the new species discovered, the idea of honoring the diversity of families. "When we were preparing the manuscript, was a period when Taiwan and many other countries and states were fighting for recognition of marriage between persons of the same sex," says Yen-Chang Lee.
"It reminded us that the land snails of the order Pulmonata onra are hermafrodidas animals, which means they have the male reproductive organ and the female in the same individual. They represent the diversity of sexual onra orientation in the animal kingdom. We decided it might be a good time to appoint the snail to remember the struggle for recognition onra of marriage rights of same-sex ", adds the researcher.
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