Meghimatium Explained

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 include:

• Meghimatium burchi Tsai & Wu, 2008 — from Taiwan^[1]
• Meghimatium bilineatum (Benson, 1842) — from Taiwan^[1]
• Meghimatium fruhstorferi (Collinge, 1901) — from Taiwan^[1]
• Meghimatium pictum (Stoliczka, 1873) — from Taiwan^[1]
• Meghimatium rugosum (Chen & Gao, 1982) — from Taiwan^[1]
• Meghimatium striatum Hasselt, 1824 — from Java^[1]
• Meghimatium uniforme Laidlaw, 1937 — from North Borneo^[1]

Further reading

• Tsai C. L., Lin H. H. & Wu S. K. (2005). "Comparison of four philomycid slugs (Gastropoda: Stylommatophora: Philomycidae) of Taiwan". Endem. Spec. Res. 7: 41-49. PDF.

Notes and References

1. Tsai . C.-L. . Wu . S.-K. . 2008 . A new Meghimatium slug (Pulmonata: Philomycidae) from Taiwan . . 47 . 6 . 759–766 .