Candaharia rutellum is a species of air-breathing land slug, a terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Parmacellidae.

Candaharia rutellum
Drawing of lateral view of preserved specimen of Candaharia rutellum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Parmacellidae
Genus: Candaharia
Species:
C. rutellum
Binomial name
Candaharia rutellum
(Hutton, 1849)[1]
Synonyms

Parmacella (Proparmacella) rutellum (Hutton, 1849)

Distribution

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The distribution of Candaharia rutellum includes mountains in Central Asia: Tien-Shan, Alai and Pamir-Darvaz.[2]

Other known areas of distribution include:

The type locality for this species is Kandahar, Afghanistan.[2]

Description

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External morphology of Candaharia rutellum:
L - left shell lap of mantle
ML - left mantle lobe
TE - upper tentacle (ommatophore)
TV - lower tentacle
J - mouth
P - penis
LP - pneumostome

References

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  1. ^ Hutton T. (1849-1850). "Notices of some Land and Fresh Water Shells occurring in Afghanistan". Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal (2)18: 649-661, 967. type description is on pages 649-650.
  2. ^ a b c d Kantor Yu I., Vinarski M. V., Schileyko A. A. & Sysoev A. V. (published online on December 22, 2009). "Catalogue of the continental mollusks of Russia and adjacent territories". Version 2.3.
  3. ^ a b c d e Wiktor A. & Jurkowska J. (2007). "The collection of terrestrial slugs (Gastropoda: Pulmonata) at the Museum of Natural History, Wrocław University (Poland)". Folia Malacologica 15(2): 83-93.