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http://dx.doi.org/10.9710/kjm.2011.27.3.191

Unrecorded Pulmonate Snail, Onchidium hongkongensis (Systellommatophora, Onchidiidae) from Korean Waters

Kil, Hyun-Jong (National Institute of Biological Resources)
Lee, Jun-Sang (Institute of Environmental Research, Kangwon National University)

Publication Information

The Korean Journal of Malacology / v.27, no.3, 2011 , pp. 191-192 More about this Journal

Abstract

Pulmonate snail, Onchidium hongkongensis from muddy flat of Muan-gun was recorded as new to the Korean molluscan fauna. Shell-less body light-gray or reddish-gray in colour, oval shaped with numerous pustules on dorsal surface usually covered with mud. Black pair of tentacles with terminal eyes. Including the new record in this study, the family Onchidiidae 2 genera and 2 species in the Korean waters.

Keywords

Onchidium hongkongensis; Pulmonate snail;

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