Meghimatium 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.

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

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
  1. Collinge W. E. (1901). "Description of some new species of slug collected by Mr. H. Fruhstofer". J. Malacol. 8: 118-121.
  2. (Jaanese) Azuma, M. (1995). Colored illustrations of the land snails of Japan. Hoikusha, Osaka. xvi, 343 p, 80 pls. ISBN 9784586300617.
  3. 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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