Acusta despecta
| Acusta despecta | |
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| A live individual of Acusta despecta sieboldiana | |
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| A live individual of Acusta despecta | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Camaenidae |
| Genus: | Acusta |
| Species: | A. despecta
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| Binomial name | |
| Acusta despecta (G.B. Sowerby I, 1839)
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Acusta despecta is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Camaenidae. [1]
This species is sometimes a pest on citrus trees.[2]
Subspecies
[edit]- Acusta despecta chinensis
- Acusta despecta ikiensis (Pilsbry & Hirase, 1904)
- Acusta despecta kikaiensis (Pilsbry, 1902)
- Acusta despecta praetenuis (Pilsbry & Hirase, 1904)
- Acusta despecta sieboldtiana (Pfeiffer, 1850) - in Japanese: ウスカワマイマイ
Distribution
[edit]The distribution of this species includes:
References
[edit]- ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Acusta despecta (G. B. Sowerby I, 1839). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1332426 on 2024-04-11
- ^ Yuki E., Nobuya T. & Yoichi I. (2002). "Food intake suppression effect of inorganic copper agent against Acusta despecta that harms citrus". Kyushu Okinawa Nogyo Kenkyu Seika Joho (17): 457-458. abstract Archived March 13, 2012, at the Wayback Machine.
External links
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Media related to Acusta despecta at Wikimedia Commons