Potamojanuarius lamellatus is a species of air-breathing land slug, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Veronicellidae, the leatherleaf slugs.
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| Species: | P. lamellatus
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| Potamojanuarius lamellatus (Semper, 1885)
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The holotype is kept in Zoological Museum of Kiel University (Zoologisches Museums der Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel) in Kiel, Germany (lot Mo-1392).[1]
Distribution
editThe distribution of Potamojanuarius lamellatus includes Brazil.[1]
Ecology
editPotamojanuarius lamellatus was found to represent 50% of the prey of the snail-eating snake Sibynomorphus neuwiedi.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c Maia-Carneiro T., Dorigo T. A., Gomes S. R., dos Santos S. B. & Rocha C. F. D. (2012). "Sibynomorphus neuwiedi (Ihering, 1911) (Serpentes; Dipsadidae) and Potamojanuarius lamellatus (Semper, 1885) (Gastropoda; Veronicellidae): a trophic relationship revealed". Revista Biotemas 5(1): 211-213. doi:10.5007/2175-7925.2012v25n1p211.
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