Biology:Meghimatium

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Short description: Genus of gastropods

Meghimatium
Meghimatium fruhstorferi.JPG
Meghimatium fruhstorferi
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Philomycidae
Genus: Meghimatium
Hasselt, 1823[1]

Meghimatium is a genus of medium to large air-breathing land slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Philomycidae and the superfamily Arionoidea, the roundback slugs.

Species

Species within the genus Meghimatium include:

References

  1. Hasselt J. C. van (1823). Alg. Konst. Letter-Bode: 232; (1824). Bull. des Sci. Nat. 3: 82.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 Tsai, C.-L.; Wu, S.-K. (2008). "A new Meghimatium slug (Pulmonata: Philomycidae) from Taiwan". Zoological Studies 47 (6): 759–766. http://zoolstud.sinica.edu.tw/Journals/47.6/759.pdf. 

Further reading

  • Tsai C. L., Lin H. H. & Wu S. K. (2005). "Comparison of four philomycid slugs (Gastropoda: Stylommatophora: Philomycidae) of Taiwan". Endem. Spec. Res. 7: 41-49. PDF.

Wikidata ☰ Q6809066 entry