Rathouisia | |
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Drawing of dorsal view of Rathouisia leonina by Charles Rathouis | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Order: | Systellommatophora |
Family: | Rathouisiidae |
Genus: | Rathouisia Heude, 1883 [1] |
Diversity [2] | |
3 species |
Rathouisia is a genus of carnivorous air-breathing land slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Rathouisiidae.
Rathouisia is the type genus of the family Rathouisiidae. [3]
The generic name Rathouisia is in honour of French Jesuit Père Charles Rathouis (1834–1890), who made scientific drawings for Pierre Marie Heude. [1] its known as a poes
Species within the genus Rathouisia include:
The predatory carnivorous slugs in the genus Rathouisia are found in China and Hong Kong. [2]