Allopeas myrmekophilos
| Allopeas myrmekophilos | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Superfamily: | Achatinoidea |
| Family: | Achatinidae |
| Genus: | Allopeas |
| Species: | A. myrmekophilos |
| Binomial name | |
| Allopeas myrmekophilos R. Janssen, 2002 | |
Allopeas myrmekophilos is a species of small, tropical, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Achatinidae.[1]
Distribution
Allopeas myrmekophilos lives in Malaysia.
Ecology
A. myrmkophilos produces a foam that is highly attractive to Leptogenys distinguenda host ants, which then transport the snail to their nest site. [2]
References
- ^ Allopeas myrmekophilosR. Janssen, 2002. 29 August 2024. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
- ^ Witte, Volker; Leingärtner, Annette; Sabaß, Leandra; Hashim, Rosli; Foitzik, Susanne (2008). "Symbiont microcosm in an ant society and the diversity of interspecific interactions". Animal Behaviour. 76 (5). Elsevier BV: 1477–1486. doi:10.1016/j.anbehav.2008.05.010. ISSN 0003-3472.
- Janssen, R. & Witte, V. (2002). "Allopeas myrmekophilos n. sp., the first snail reported as living in army ant colonies (Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Subulinidae)". Archiv für Molluskenkunde. 131 (1–2): 212.
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External links
- Witte, V., Janssen, R., Eppenstein, A. & Maschwitz, U. (2002). "Allopeas myrmekophilos (Gastropoda, Pulmonata), the first myrmecophilous mollusc living in colonies of the ponerine army ant Leptogenys distinguenda (Formicidae, Ponerinae)". Insectes Sociaux. 49: 301–305.
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