Acusta despecta

Acusta despecta
A live individual of Acusta despecta sieboldiana
A live individual of Acusta despecta
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Camaenidae
Genus: Acusta
Species:
A. despecta
Binomial name
Acusta despecta
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 despecta G. 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]

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

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

Subspecies

  • Acusta despecta chinensis
  • Acusta despecta ikiensis (Pilsbry & Hirase, 1904)
  • Acusta despecta kikaiensis (Pilsbry, 1902)
  • Acusta despecta praetenuis (Pilsbry & Hirase, 1904)
  • Acusta despecta sieboldtiana (Pfeiffer, 1850) - in Japanese: ウスカワマイマイ

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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