Acusta despecta
Acusta despecta is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Bradybaenidae.
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| A live individual of Acusta despecta sieboldiana | |
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| A live individual of Acusta despecta | |
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| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata clade Eupulmonata clade Stylommatophora informal group Sigmurethra |
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| Species: | A. despecta |
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| Acusta despecta (Sowerby, 1839) | |
This species is sometimes a pest on citrus trees.[1]
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
References
- 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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