''Athoracophorus bitentaculatus'', is a
species of land
slug
Slug, or land slug, is a common name for any apparently shell-less terrestrial gastropod mollusc. The word ''slug'' is also often used as part of the common name of any gastropod mollusc that has no shell, a very reduced shell, or only a smal ...
, a
terrestrial gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusc
Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 85,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized. The number of fossil species is esti ...
in the
family Athoracophoridae.
Distribution
''A. bitentaculatus'' is endemic to
New Zealand.
Ecology
Parasites of ''Athoracophorus bitentaculatus'' include:
* ''
Hugotdiplogaster neozelandia'' (
Nematoda,
Diplogasteridae) is parasiting in the penis and in the oviduct
[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. .]
References
Further reading
* Barker G. M. (1978). "A reappraisal of ''Athoracophorus bitentaculatus'', with comments on the validity of genus ''
Reflectopallium
''Pseudaneitea'' is a genus of air-breathing land slugs, terrestrial gastropod molluscs in the family Athoracophoridae, the leaf-veined slugs.
Species
The following species are recognised in the genus ''Pseudaneitea'':
*'' Pseudaneitea aspe ...
'' (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
Zoology ()The pronunciation of zoology as is usually regarded as nonstandard, though it is not uncommon. is the branch of biology that studies the animal kingdom, including the structure, embryology, evolution, classification, habits, and dis ...
'' 68: 1-16.
*
Powell A. W. B. (1979). ''New Zealand Mollusca'', William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand,
* Burton D. W. (1963)
"New Zealand Land Slugs—Part 2" ''Tuatara'' 11(2): 90–96.
External links
Citizen science observations
Athoracophoridae
Gastropods described in 1832
Endemic fauna of New Zealand
Molluscs of New Zealand
Endemic molluscs of New Zealand
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