Meghimatium fruhstorferi
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| Meghimatium fruhstorferi | |
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| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura |
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| Species: | M. fruhstorferi
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Meghimatium melachloros Simroth, 1903 | |
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.
Distribution
Its distribution is Japan and Taiwan. Its Japanese name is ヤマナメクジ[2] and Chinese name is 山蛞蝓.[3]
Subspecies:
- Meghimatium fruhstorferi daiseniana (Cockerell)
References
- ^ Collinge W. E. (1901). "Description of some new species of slug collected by Mr. H. Fruhstofer". J. Malacol. 8: 118-121.
- ^ (Jaanese) Azuma, M. (1995). Colored illustrations of the land snails of Japan. Hoikusha, Osaka. xvi, 343 p, 80 pls. ISBN 9784586300617.
- ^ 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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