Meghimatium fruhstorferi is a species of medium to large air-breathing land slug, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Philomycidae and the superfamily Arionacea, the roundback slugs.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Philomycidae |
| Genus: | Meghimatium |
| Species: | M. fruhstorferi
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| Binomial name | |
| Meghimatium fruhstorferi | |
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Meghimatium melachloros Simroth, 1903 | |
Distribution
editIts distribution is Japan and Taiwan.[2]
Subspecies:
- Meghimatium fruhstorferi daiseniana (Cockerell)
References
edit- ^ Collinge W. E. (1901). "Description of some new species of slug collected by Mr. H. Fruhstofer". J. Malacol. 8: 118-121.
- ^ "Taiwan shell result". shell.sinica.edu.tw. Retrieved 13 September 2010.
Further reading
edit- Chang N. S., Jeong K. H. & Kim Y. U. (1995). "Morphological and histochemical studies on the hermaphroditic and male reproductive organs of a Korean slug Incilaria fruhstorferi". Korean J. Malacol. 11: 78-91.
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