Potamojanuarius lamellatus

Potamojanuarius lamellatus is a species of air-breathing land slug, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Veronicellidae, the leatherleaf slugs.

Potamojanuarius lamellatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Systellommatophora
Superfamily:
Veronicelloidea
Family:
Veronicellidae
Genus:
Potamojanuarius
Species:
P. lamellatus
Binomial name
Potamojanuarius lamellatus
(Semper, 1885)

The holotype is kept in Zoological Museum of Kiel University (Zoologisches Museums der Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel) in Kiel, Germany (lot Mo-1392).[1]

Distribution

The distribution of Potamojanuarius lamellatus includes Brazil.[1]

Ecology

Potamojanuarius lamellatus was found to represent 50% of the prey of the snail-eating snake Sibynomorphus neuwiedi.[1]

References
  1. Maia-Carneiro T., Dorigo T. A., Gomes S. R., dos Santos S. B. & Rocha C. F. D. (2012). "Sibynomorphus neuwiedi (Ihering, 1911) (Serpentes; Dipsadidae) and Potamojanuarius lamellatus (Semper, 1885) (Gastropoda; Veronicellidae): a trophic relationship revealed". Revista Biotemas 5(1): 211-213. doi:10.5007/2175-7925.2012v25n1p211.


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