Biology:Athoracophorus bitentaculatus

Short description: Species of land slug

Athoracophorus bitentaculatus
Leaf-veined native slug at Ship Creek near Haast
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata clade Eupulmonata clade Stylommatophora clade Elasmognatha
Superfamily:	Athoracophoroidea
Family:	Athoracophoridae
Genus:	Athoracophorus
Species:	A. bitentaculatus
Binomial name
Athoracophorus bitentaculatus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832)
Synonyms
Limax bitentaculatus Quoy & Gaimard, 1832 Janella antipodarum Gray, 1853 Neojanella dubia Cockerell, 1891 Janella maculata Collinge, 1894 Athoracophorus bitentaculatus rufovenosus Suter, 1909

Athoracophorus bitentaculatus, is a species of land slug, a terrestrial gastropod mollusc in the family Athoracophoridae.

Distribution

A. bitentaculatus is endemic to New Zealand.

Ecology

Parasites of Athoracophorus bitentaculatus include:

• Hugotdiplogaster neozelandia (Nematoda, Diplogasteridae) is parasiting in the penis and in the oviduct

Further reading

• Barker G. M. (1978). "A reappraisal of Athoracophorus bitentaculatus, with comments on the validity of genus Reflectopallium (Gastropoda: Athoracophoridae)". New Zealand Journal of Zoology 5(2): 281–288.
• Burton D. W. (1978). "Anatomy, histology, and function of the reproductive system of the tracheopulmonate slug Athoracophorus bitentaculatus (Quoy and Gaimard)". Zoology Publications from Victoria University of Wellington 68: 1-16.
• Powell A. W. B. (1979). New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand, ISBN:0-00-216906-1
• Burton D. W. (1963). "New Zealand Land Slugs—Part 2". Tuatara 11(2): 90–96.

External links

• Citizen science observations

Wikidata ☰ Q3074237 entry