Otoconcha dimidiata
| Otoconcha dimidiata | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura |
| Family: | Charopidae |
| Subfamily: | Otoconchinae |
| Genus: | Otoconcha |
| Species: | O. dimidiata |
| Binomial name | |
| Otoconcha dimidiata (Pfeiffer, 1853)[1] | |
| Synonyms | |
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Vitrina dimidiata Pfeiffer, 1853 | |
Secretive semi-slug with rounded swelling behind its head where its very thin, cap like shell is hidden beneath the skin. Found in rotting log in Kaimanawa Forest Park, New Zealand
Otoconcha dimidiata is a species of small air-breathing semi-slug, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Charopidae. It has a very thin and cap like shell hidden under its skin in the rounded swelling behind the head.
Otoconcha dimidiata is the type species of the genus Otoconcha.
Distribution
This species occurs in both North and South islands of New Zealand.
Habitat
This semi slug lives in rotting logs where it is rarely seen because of its secretive habits, but it is not rare.
Ecology
Otoconcha dimidiata is the preferred prey of the carnivorous land gastropod Schizoglossa novoseelandica.[2]
- ↑ Pfeiffer L. K. G. (1853). Monogr. Helix Vi... 3: page 6.
- ↑ Murdoch R. C. (1894) "Notes on the variation and habits of Schizoglossa novoseelandica". Proceedings of the malacological society 1(3): 138.
External links
- Baker H. B. (1938) "The Endodont genus Otochoncha". 23: page 89-91.
- Suter H. (1913). Manual of the New Zealand Mollusca. Wellington, 1120 pp. page 620.
- Suter H. (1915). Manual of the New Zealand Mollusca. Atlas of plates. John Mackay, Government printer, Wellington. plate 25, figure 2, 2a.
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