Rathouisia

Rathouisia
Drawing of dorsal view of Rathouisia leonina by Charles Rathouis
Scientific classification
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

Species within the genus Rathouisia include:

• Rathouisia leonina Heude, 1882 ^[2] – synonym: Vaginulus sinensisHeude, 1882 – type species of the genus Rathouisia ^[1]
• Rathouisia pantherina Heude, 1882 ^[4]
• Rathouisia tigrina Heude, 1882 ^[2]

Distribution

The predatory carnivorous slugs in the genus Rathouisia are found in China and Hong Kong. ^[2]

References

1. Heude P. M. (1883). "Note sur un Limacien nouveau de Chine". Journal de Conchyliologie 31: 394–395.
2. 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 Veliger48: 61–74.
3. Bouchet, Philippe; Rocroi, Jean-Pierre; Frýda, Jiri; Hausdorf, Bernard; Ponder, Winston; Valdés, Ángel & Warén, Anders (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". Malacologia . 47 (1–2). Hackenheim, Germany: ConchBooks: 1–397. ISBN   3-925919-72-4. ISSN   0076-2997.
4. (in French) 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 133, plate 36, fig. 23.