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Meghimatium burchi

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Species of gastropod

Meghimatium burchi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Philomycidae
Genus: Meghimatium
Species: M. burchi
Binomial name
Meghimatium burchi
Tsai & Wu, 2008

Meghimatium burchi is a species of small air-breathing land slug, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Philomycidae and the superfamily Arionacea, the roundback slugs. The specific name burchi is in honor of the American malacologist John B. Burch.

Description

A small species, its body length is around 12 to 16.5 mm.

Distribution

The distribution of Meghimatium burchi includes Taiwan. The type locality is "watershed of Koan-Tau Mt. in Huei-Sun Agriculture Farm, Nantou County", Taiwan. The holotype is deposited at Taichung's National Museum of Natural Science.

References

  1. ^ Tsai, C.-L.; Wu, S.-K. (2008). "A new Meghimatium slug (Pulmonata: Philomycidae) from Taiwan" (PDF). Zoological Studies. 47 (6): 759–766.
  2. ^ "Meghimatium burchi Tsai & Wu, 2008". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 4 February 2023.
  3. ^ Hsiang-Ying Li. "Meghimatium burchi Tsai & Wu, 2008". Catalogue of life in Taiwan. Biodiversity Research Center, Academia Sinica, Taiwan. Retrieved 4 February 2023.
Taxon identifiers
Meghimatium burchi


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