Rathouisia
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| Rathouisia | |
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| Drawing of dorsal view of Rathouisia leonina by Charles Rathouis | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Systellommatophora |
| Family: | Rathouisiidae |
| Genus: | Rathouisia Heude, 1883[1] |
| Diversity[2] | |
| 3 species | |
Rathouisia is a genus of carnivorous air-breathing land slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Rathouisiidae.
Rathouisia is the type genus of the family Rathouisiidae.[3]
The generic name Rathouisia is in honour of French Jesuit Père Charles Rathouis (1834–1890), who made scientific drawings for Pierre Marie Heude.[1]its known as a poes
