Athoracophorus bitentaculatus

Athoracophorus bitentaculatus, is a species of land slug, a terrestrial gastropod mollusc in the family Athoracophoridae.

Athoracophorus bitentaculatus
Leaf-veined native slug at Ship Creek near Haast
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
clade Elasmognatha
Superfamily:
Athoracophoroidea
Family:
Athoracophoridae
Genus:
Athoracophorus
Species:
A. bitentaculatus
Binomial name
Athoracophorus bitentaculatus
(Quoy & Gaimard, 1832)
Synonyms

Limax bitentaculatus Quoy & Gaimard, 1832
Janella antipodarum Gray, 1853
Neojanella dubia Cockerell, 1891
Janella maculata Collinge, 1894
Athoracophorus bitentaculatus rufovenosus Suter, 1909

Distribution

A. bitentaculatus is endemic to New Zealand.[1]

Ecology

Parasites of Athoracophorus bitentaculatus include:

References
  1. "Athoracophorus bitentaculatus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832)". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 14 February 2017.
  2. Morand S. & Barker G. M. (1995). "Hugotdiplogaster neozelandia n. gen., n. sp. (Nematoda: Diplogasteridae), a parasite of the New Zealand endemic slug, Athoracophorus bitentaculatus (Quoy and Gaimard, 1832) (Gastropoda: Athoracophoridae)". New Zealand Journal of Zoology 22(1): 109-113. doi:10.1080/03014223.1995.9518027.

Further reading
  • Barker G. M. (1978). "A reappraisal of Athoracophorus bitentaculatus, with comments on the validity of genus Reflectopallium (Gastropoda: Athoracophoridae)". New Zealand Journal of Zoology 5(2): 281-288.
  • Burton D. W. (1978). "Anatomy, histology, and function of the reproductive system of the tracheopulmonate slug Athoracophorus bitentaculatus (Quoy and Gaimard)". Zoology Publications from Victoria University of Wellington 68: 1-16.
  • Powell A. W. B. (1979). New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand, ISBN 0-00-216906-1
  • Burton D. W. (1963). "New Zealand Land Slugs—Part 2". Tuatara 11(2): 90-96.


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