Otoconcha dimidiata
| Otoconcha dimidiata | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura |
| Family: | Charopidae |
| Subfamily: | Otoconchinae |
| Genus: | Otoconcha |
| Species: | O. dimidiata |
| Binomial name | |
| Otoconcha dimidiata (Pfeiffer, 1853)[1] | |
| Synonyms | |
|
Vitrina dimidiata Pfeiffer, 1853 | |
Otoconcha dimidiata is a species of small air-breathing semi-slug, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Charopidae.
Otoconcha dimidiata is the type species of the genus Otoconcha.
Distribution
This species occurs in New Zealand.
Ecology
Otoconcha dimidiata is the preferred prey of the carnivorous land gastropod Schizoglossa novoseelandica.[2]
References
- ↑ Pfeiffer L. K. G. (1853). Monogr. Helix Vi... 3: page 6.
- ↑ Murdoch R. C. (1894) "Notes on the variation and habits of Schizoglossa novoseelandica". Proceedings of the malacological society 1(3): 138.
External links
- Baker H. B. (1938) "The Endodont genus Otochoncha". 23: page 89-91.
- Suter H. (1913). Manual of the New Zealand Mollusca. Wellington, 1120 pp. page 620.
- Suter H. (1915). Manual of the New Zealand Mollusca. Atlas of plates. John Mackay, Government printer, Wellington. plate 25, figure 2, 2a.