Meghimatium fruhstorferi

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

Meghimatium fruhstorferi
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
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

Distribution

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Its distribution is Japan and Taiwan.[2]

Subspecies:

  • Meghimatium fruhstorferi daiseniana (Cockerell)

References

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  1. ^ Collinge W. E. (1901). "Description of some new species of slug collected by Mr. H. Fruhstofer". J. Malacol. 8: 118-121.
  2. ^ "Taiwan shell result". shell.sinica.edu.tw. Retrieved 13 September 2010.

Further reading

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  • 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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