Rathouisia
| Rathouisia | |
|---|---|
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| Drawing of dorsal view of Rathouisia leonina by Charles Rathouis | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura |
| Superfamily: | Veronicelloidea |
| Family: | Rathouisiidae |
| Genus: | Rathouisia Heude, 1883[1] |
| Diversity[2] | |
| 3 species | |
Rathouisia is a genus of carnivorous air-breathing land slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Rathouisiidae.
Rathouisia is the type genus of the family Rathouisiidae.[3]
The generic name Rathouisia is in honour of French Jesuit Père Charles Rathouis (1834–1890), who made scientific drawings for Pierre Marie Heude.[1]
Species
Species within the genus Rathouisia include:
- Rathouisia leonina Heude, 1882[2] - synonym: Vaginulus sinensis Heude, 1882 - type species of the genus Rathouisia[1]
- Rathouisia pantherina Heude, 1882[4]
- Rathouisia tigrina Heude, 1882[2]
Distribution
The predatory carnivorous slugs in the genus Rathouisia are found in China and Hong Kong.[2]
References
- 1 2 3 Heude P. M. (1883). "Note sur un Limacien nouveau de Chine". Journal de Conchyliologie 31: 394-395.
- 1 2 3 4 Wu M., Guo J.-Y., Wan F.-H., Qin Q.-L., Wu Q. & Wiktor A. (2006). "A preliminary study of the predatory terrestrial mollusk Rathouisia leonina". The Veliger 48: 61-74.
- ↑ Bouchet P., Rocroi J.-P., Frýda J., Hausdorf B., Ponder W., Valdés Á. & Warén A. (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". Malacologia: International Journal of Malacology (Hackenheim, Germany: ConchBooks) 47 (1-2): 1–397. ISBN 3-925919-72-4. ISSN 0076-2997.
- ↑ (French) Heude P. M. (1882–1890). "Notes sur les Mollusques terrestres de la vallée du Fleuve Bleu". Mémoires concernant l'histoire naturelle de l'empire chinois par des pères de la Compagnie de Jésus, Mision Catholique, Chang-Hai, page 133, plate 36, fig. 23.
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