Biology:Meghimatium
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Short description: Genus of gastropods
| Meghimatium | |
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| Meghimatium fruhstorferi | |
Scientific classification 
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| 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:
- Meghimatium burchi Tsai & Wu, 2008 — from Taiwan[2]
- Meghimatium bilineatum (Benson, 1842) — from Taiwan[2]
- Meghimatium fruhstorferi (Collinge, 1901) — from Taiwan[2]
- Meghimatium pictum (Stoliczka, 1873) — from Taiwan[2]
- Meghimatium rugosum (Chen & Gao, 1982) — from Taiwan[2]
- Meghimatium striatum Hasselt, 1824 — from Java[2]
- Meghimatium uniforme Laidlaw, 1937 — from North Borneo[2]
References
- ↑ Hasselt J. C. van (1823). Alg. Konst. Letter-Bode: 232; (1824). Bull. des Sci. Nat. 3: 82.
- ↑ 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
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