''Meghimatium'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...

of medium to large air-breathing 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 ...

terrestrial Terrestrial refers to things related to land or the planet Earth. Terrestrial may also refer to: * Terrestrial animal, an animal that lives on land opposed to living in water, or sometimes an animal that lives on or near the ground, as opposed to ...

pulmonate Pulmonata or pulmonates, is an informal group (previously an order, and before that a subclass) of snails and slugs characterized by the ability to breathe air, by virtue of having a pallial lung instead of a gill, or gills. The group includ ...

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 ...

mollusk 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 e ...

s in the family

Philomycidae Philomycidae are a family of air-breathing land slugs (snails without shells or with only shell remnants). They are terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Arionoidea (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet ...

and the superfamily

Arionoidea Arionoidea is a taxonomic group, superfamily of air-breathing land slugs, shell-less terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks. Families Families within the superfamily Arionoidea include: * Arionidae * Anadenidae * Ariolimacidae * Bin ...

, the roundback slugs.

Species

Species within the genus ''Meghimatium'' include: * ''

Meghimatium burchi ''Meghimatium burchi'' is a species of small air-breathing land slug, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Philomycidae and the superfamily Arionacea, the roundback slugs. The specific name ''burchi'' is in honor of the Americ ...

'' Tsai & Wu, 2008 — from Taiwan * ''

Meghimatium bilineatum ''Meghimatium bilineatum'' is a species of gastropod belonging to the family Philomycidae Philomycidae are a family of air-breathing land slugs (snails without shells or with only shell remnants). They are terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mol ...

'' (Benson, 1842) — from Taiwan * ''

Meghimatium fruhstorferi ''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. Distribution Its distribution is Japan ...

'' (Collinge, 1901) — from Taiwan * '' Meghimatium pictum'' (Stoliczka, 1873) — from Taiwan * ''

Meghimatium rugosum ''Meghimatium'' is a genus of medium to large air-breathing land slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Philomycidae and the superfamily Arionoidea, the roundback slugs. Species Species within the genus ''Meghimatium'' inc ...

'' (Chen & Gao, 1982) — from Taiwan * ''

Meghimatium striatum ''Meghimatium'' is a genus of medium to large air-breathing land slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Philomycidae and the superfamily Arionoidea, the roundback slugs. Species Species within the genus ''Meghimatium'' inc ...

'' Hasselt, 1824 — from Java * ''

Meghimatium uniforme ''Meghimatium'' is a genus of medium to large air-breathing land slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Philomycidae and the superfamily Arionoidea, the roundback slugs. Species Species within the genus ''Meghimatium'' inc ...

'' Laidlaw, 1937 — from North Borneo

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