Biology:Meghimatium burchi
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Short description: Species of gastropod
| Meghimatium burchi | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Philomycidae |
| Genus: | Meghimatium |
| Species: | M. burchi
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| Binomial name | |
| Meghimatium burchi Tsai & Wu, 2008[1]
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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
- ↑ 1.0 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.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Meghimatium burchi Tsai & Wu, 2008". Species. GBIF. http://www.gbif.org/species/10629642.
- ↑ 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
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