Meghimatium fruhstorferi

Meghimatium fruhstorferi
Meghimatium fruhstorferi
Meghimatium fruhstorferi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group Sigmurethra
Superfamily: Arionoidea
Family: Philomycidae
Genus: Meghimatium
Species: M. fruhstorferi
Binomial name
Meghimatium fruhstorferi
(Collinge, 1901)[1]
Synonyms

Meghimatium melachloros Simroth, 1903
Philomycus (Meghimatium) fruhstorferi (Collinge, 1901)
Incilaria fruhstorferi

Meghimatium fruhstorferi is a species of medium to large air-breathing land slug, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Philomycidae and the superfamily Arionacea, the roundback slugs.

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Distribution

This species is endemic to Taiwan. Its Chinese name is 山蛞蝓.[2]

Subspecies:

  • Meghimatium fruhstorferi daiseniana (Cockerell)

References

  1. ^ Collinge W. E. (1901). "Description of some new species of slug collected by Mr. H. Fruhstofer". J. Malacol. 8: 118-121.
  2. ^ http://shell.sinica.edu.tw/english/shellpic_T.php?science_no=2086 accessed 13 September 2010

Further reading

  • Chang N. S., Jeong K. H. & Kim Y. U. (1995). "Morphological and histochemical studies on the hermaphroditic and male reproductive organs of a Korean slug Incilaria fruhstorferi". Korean J. Malacol. 11: 78-91.

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