Acusta despecta

Acusta despecta
A live individual of Acusta despecta sieboldiana
A live individual of Acusta despecta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata clade Eupulmonata clade Stylommatophora informal group Sigmurethra
Superfamily:	Helicoidea
Family:	Bradybaenidae
Genus:	Acusta
Species:	A. despecta
Binomial name
Acusta despecta (Sowerby, 1839)

Acusta despecta is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Bradybaenidae.

This species is sometimes a pest on citrus trees.^[1]

A resting Acusta despecta sieboldiana is attached to a wall, having formed an epiphragm

Subspecies

• Acusta despecta chinensis
• Acusta despecta ikiensis (Pilsbry & Hirase, 1904)
• Acusta despecta kikaiensis (Pilsbry, 1902)
• Acusta despecta praetenuis (Pilsbry & Hirase, 1904)
• Acusta despecta sieboldiana (Pfeiffer, 1850) - in Japanese: ウスカワマイマイ

Distribution

The distribution of this species includes:

• Japan
• Guam
• South Korea

References

1. Yuki E., Nobuya T. & Yoichi I. (2002). "Food intake suppression effect of inorganic copper agent against Acusta despecta that harms citrus". Kyushu Okinawa Nogyo Kenkyu Seika Joho (17): 457-458. abstract.

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