Athoracophorus bitentaculatus
| Athoracophorus bitentaculatus | |
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| Leaf-veined native slug at Ship Creek near Haast | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura |
| Superfamily: | Athoracophoroidea |
| Family: | Athoracophoridae |
| Genus: | Athoracophorus |
| Species: | A. bitentaculatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Athoracophorus bitentaculatus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Limax bitentaculatus Quoy & Gaimard, 1832 | |
Athoracophorus bitentaculatus, is a species of land slug, a terrestrial gastropod mollusc in the family Athoracophoridae.
Distribution
Ecology
Parasites of Athoracophorus bitentaculatus include:
- Hugotdiplogaster neozelandia (Nematoda, Diplogasteridae) is parasiting in the penis and in the oviduct[1]
References
- ↑ Morand S. & Barker G. M. (1995). "Hugotdiplogaster neozelandia n. gen., n. sp. (Nematoda: Diplogasteridae), a parasite of the New Zealand endemic slug, Athoracophorus bitentaculatus (Quoy and Gaimard, 1832) (Gastropoda: Athoracophoridae)". New Zealand Journal of Zoology 22(1): 109-113. doi:10.1080/03014223.1995.9518027.
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
"Athoracophorus bitentaculatus". National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).
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