Acusta despecta

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Acusta despecta
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A live individual of Acusta despecta sieboldiana
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A live individual of Acusta despecta
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Camaenidae
Genus: Acusta
Species:
A. despecta
Binomial name
Acusta despecta
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Synonyms
  • Bradybaena despecta(Gray, 1839) (original combination)
  • Eulota (Acusta) despecta(G. B. Sowerby I, 1839) (unaccepted combination)
  • Eulota despecta(G. B. Sowerby I, 1839) (unaccepted combination)
  • Helix despectaG. B. Sowerby I, 1839 (original combination)

Acusta despecta is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Camaenidae. [1]

Contents

This species is sometimes a pest on citrus trees. [2]

A resting Acusta despecta sieboldiana is attached to a wall, having formed an epiphragm Usukawamaimai1005.jpg
A resting Acusta despecta sieboldiana is attached to a wall, having formed an epiphragm

Subspecies

Distribution

The distribution of this species includes:

References

  1. ↑ MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Acusta despecta (G. B. Sowerby I, 1839). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1332426 on 2024-04-11
  2. ↑ Yuki E., Nobuya T. & Yoichi I. (2002). "Food intake suppression effect of inorganic copper agent against Acusta despecta that harms citrus". Kyushu Okinawa Nogyo Kenkyu Seika Joho (17): 457-458. abstract Archived March 13, 2012, at the Wayback Machine .

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