Meghimatium fruhstorferi (Collinge, 1901) is a animal in the Philomycidae family, order Stylommatophora, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Meghimatium fruhstorferi (Collinge, 1901)

Meghimatium fruhstorferi (Collinge, 1901)

Meghimatium fruhstorferi is a medium to large air-breathing land slug found in Japan and Taiwan, with one known subspecies.

Family
Genus
Meghimatium
Order
Stylommatophora
Class
Gastropoda

About Meghimatium fruhstorferi (Collinge, 1901)

Meghimatium fruhstorferi, first described by Collinge in 1901, is a species of medium to large air-breathing land slug. It is a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc that belongs to the family Philomycidae, superfamily Arionacea (the group of roundback slugs). This species is found in Japan and Taiwan. One subspecies of this slug is recognized: Meghimatium fruhstorferi daiseniana (Cockerell).

Photo: (c) Gregory Mihaich, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), uploaded by Gregory Mihaich · cc-by-nc-sa

Taxonomy

Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Stylommatophora Philomycidae Meghimatium

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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