| Potamojanuarius lamellatus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura |
| Superfamily: | Veronicelloidea |
| Family: | Veronicellidae |
| Genus: | Potamojanuarius |
| Species: | P. lamellatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Potamojanuarius lamellatus (Semper, 1885) | |
Potamojanuarius lamellatus is a species of air-breathing land slug, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Veronicellidae, the leatherleaf slugs.
The holotype is kept in Zoological Museum of Kiel University (Zoologisches Museums der Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel) in Kiel, Germany (lot Mo-1392).
Distribution
The distribution of Potamojanuarius lamellatus includes Brazil.
Ecology
Potamojanuarius lamellatus was found to represent 50% of the prey of the snail-eating snake Sibynomorphus neuwiedi.
References
- ^ Maia-Carneiro T., Dorigo T. A., Gomes S. R., dos Santos S. B. & Rocha C. F. D. (2012). "Sibynomorphus neuwiedi (Ihering, 1911) (Serpentes; Dipsadidae) and Potamojanuarius lamellatus (Semper, 1885) (Gastropoda; Veronicellidae): a trophic relationship revealed". Revista Biotemas 5(1): 211-213. doi:10.5007/2175-7925.2012v25n1p211.
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Potamojanuarius lamellatus | |
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