''Rathouisia'' is a genus of carnivorous air-breathing
land slug
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s,
terrestrial
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pulmonate
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gastropod
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This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...
mollusk
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s in the family
Rathouisiidae
Rathouisiidae is a family of carnivorous air-breathing land slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Veronicelloidea, the leatherleaf slugs and their allies.
This family has no subfamilies according to the ''Taxonomy o ...
.
''Rathouisia'' is the type genus of the family Rathouisiidae.
The generic name ''Rathouisia'' is in honour of French
Jesuit
The Society of Jesus (; abbreviation: S.J. or SJ), also known as the Jesuit Order or the Jesuits ( ; ), is a religious order (Catholic), religious order of clerics regular of pontifical right for men in the Catholic Church headquartered in Rom ...
Père
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Charles Rathouis (1834–1890), who made scientific drawings for
Pierre Marie Heude
Pierre Marie Heude (25 June 1836 – 3 January 1902) was a French Jesuit missionary and zoologist.
Life
Born at Fougères in the Department of Ille-et-Vilaine, Heude became a Jesuit in 1856 and was ordained to the priesthood in 1867. He went to ...
.
its known as a poes
Species
Species within the genus ''Rathouisia'' include:
* ''
Rathouisia leonina
''Rathouisia leonina'' is a species of carnivorous air-breathing land slug, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Rathouisiidae. This species is endemic to China.
This slug is carnivorous and actively preys on snails. It is us ...
''
Heude, 1882 – synonym: ''Vaginulus sinensis''
Heude, 1882 – type species of the genus ''Rathouisia''
* ''
Rathouisia pantherina''
Heude, 1882[ Heude P. M. (1882–1890)]
"Notes sur les Mollusques terrestres de la vallée du Fleuve Bleu"
''Mémoires concernant l'histoire naturelle de l'empire chinois par des pères de la Compagnie de Jésus'', Mision Catholique, Chang-Hai
page 133plate 36
fig. 23.
* ''
Rathouisia tigrina''
Heude, 1882
Distribution
The predatory carnivorous slugs in the genus ''Rathouisia'' are found in
China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. With population of China, a population exceeding 1.4 billion, it is the list of countries by population (United Nations), second-most populous country after ...
and Hong Kong.
[Wu M., Guo J.-Y., Wan F.-H., Qin Q.-L., Wu Q. & Wiktor A. (2006). "A preliminary study of the predatory terrestrial mollusk ''Rathouisia leonina''". ''The Veliger'' 48]
61
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References
Rathouisiidae
Gastropod genera
Gastropods of Asia
Taxa named by Pierre Marie Heude
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