Biology:Meghimatium burchi

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Short description: Species of gastropod


Meghimatium burchi
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Philomycidae
Genus: Meghimatium
Species:
M. burchi
Binomial name
Meghimatium burchi
Tsai & Wu, 2008[1]

Meghimatium burchi is a species of small air-breathing land slug, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Philomycidae and the superfamily Arionacea, the roundback slugs.[1][2][3] The specific name burchi is in honor of the American malacologist John B. Burch.[1]

Description

A small species, its body length is around 12 to 16.5 mm.[1]

Distribution

The distribution of Meghimatium burchi includes Taiwan.[1][2][3] The type locality is "watershed of Koan-Tau Mt. in Huei-Sun Agriculture Farm, Nantou County", Taiwan. The holotype is deposited at Taichung's National Museum of Natural Science.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 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. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Meghimatium burchi Tsai & Wu, 2008". Species. GBIF. http://www.gbif.org/species/10629642. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 Hsiang-Ying Li. "Meghimatium burchi Tsai & Wu, 2008". Catalogue of life in Taiwan. Biodiversity Research Center, Academia Sinica, Taiwan. http://taibnet.sinica.edu.tw/eng/taibnet_species_detail.php?name_code=429309. Retrieved 4 February 2023. 

Wikidata ☰ Q6809068 entry