RESEARCH PAPER
An unusual mode of locomotion of an Ecuadorean slug Belocaulus sp. (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Vaginulidae)
1 1 | Museum of Natural History, Wrocław University, Poland |
Submission date: 2010-01-10
Acceptance date: 2010-12-08
Publication date: 2011-12-11
Folia Malacol. 2011;19(4):277–278
KEYWORDS
ABSTRACT
A slug of the genus Belocaulus can lower itself on a mucus thread from the height of almost 3m, likea spider on a spider thread.
REFERENCES (4)
1.
Falkner G., Falkner M., Buchet P. 1999. Les limaces de Corse (Mollusques Gastéropodes). Raport d'étude. Préfecture de Corse, Lettre de commande OPINV 237 53 98 000025, Paris.
2.
Hoffmann H. 1925 Die Vaginuliden. Ein Beitrag zur Kenntnis ihrer Biologie, Anatomie, Systematik, geographischen Verbreitung und Phylogenie (Fauna et Anatomia ceylanica, III, 1). Jenische Zeitschrift. Naturwiss. 31: 1-374.
3.
Nitz. B., Heim R., Schneppat U. E., Hyman I., Haszprunar G. 2009. Towards a new standard in slug species descriptions the case of Limax sarnensis Heim, Netz n. sp. (Pulmonata: Limacidae) from the western Central Alps. J. Moll. Stud. 75: 279-294. https://doi.org/10.1093/mollus....
4.
Wiktor A. 1989. Limacoidea et Zoinitoidea nuda. Ślimaki pomrowiokształtne (Gastropoda: Stylommatophora). Fauna Polski 12. PWN, Warszawa.
CITATIONS (2):
RELATED ARTICLE