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Allopeas myrmekophilos

Allopeas myrmekophilos
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Suborder: Achatinina
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

  1. ^ Allopeas myrmekophilosR. Janssen, 2002. 29 August 2024. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
  2. ^ 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.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)


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