Athoracophorus bitentaculatus

Athoracophorus bitentaculatus, is a species of land slug endemic to New Zealand.^[1]

Athoracophorus bitentaculatus
Leaf-veined native slug at Ship Creek near Haast
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Stylommatophora
Family:	Athoracophoridae
Genus:	Athoracophorus
Species:	A. bitentaculatus
Binomial name
Athoracophorus bitentaculatus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832)
Synonyms
Limax bitentaculatus Quoy & Gaimard, 1832 Janella antipodarum Gray, 1853 Neojanella dubia Cockerell, 1891 Janella maculata Collinge, 1894 Athoracophorus bitentaculatus rufovenosus Suter, 1909

Ecology

Parasites of Athoracophorus bitentaculatus include:

• Hugotdiplogaster neozelandia (Nematoda, Diplogasteridae) (in the penis and oviduct)^[2]

Mating