Javier Couper (Predomalpha), New Zealand
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Melanochlamys cylindrica Cheeseman, 1881
Melanochlamys is a genus of headshield slugs in the family Aglajidae. This genus from the other genera in Aglajidae by its external cylindrical body form with small parapodia, the shape of its small, curved and strongly calcified shell.
Melanochlamys cylindrica feeds on polychaete worms including bristle worms and round worms by "rapidly sucking them in like a piece of spaghetti" which are then broken apart by a muscular gizzard. Body is long and cylindrical in shape with a uniformly black colour that may feature an iridescent blue sheen.
Melanochlamys is a genus of headshield slugs in the family Aglajidae. This genus from the other genera in Aglajidae by its external cylindrical body form with small parapodia, the shape of its small, curved and strongly calcified shell.
Melanochlamys cylindrica feeds on polychaete worms including bristle worms and round worms by "rapidly sucking them in like a piece of spaghetti" which are then broken apart by a muscular gizzard. Body is long and cylindrical in shape with a uniformly black colour that may feature an iridescent blue sheen.
