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Lehmannia melitensis (Lessona & Pollonera 1882)

Lehmannia melitensis

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Lehmannia melitensis is a species of air-breathing land slug, a shell-less pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Limacidae.

The right side of Lehmannia melitensis showing the pneumostome
The foot of Lehmannia melitensis

Distribution

The distribution of this species includes Malta and Italy (Sicily, Aeolian Islands, Sardinia, and the Tuscan Archipelago).[2] It also has been found in Tunisia and Algeria.[3][4]

References

  1. ^ Lessona, M.; Pollonera C. (1882). Monografia dei limacidi italiani. Turin: Ermanno Loescher. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.10743.
  2. ^ Species summary for Lehmannia melitensis. AnimalBase
  3. ^ Abbes, I.; Liberto, F.; Castillejo, J.; Nouira, S. (2010). "A review of slugs and semi-slugs of Tunisia (Testacellidae, Milacidae and Limacidae)". Journal of Conchology. 40: 219–231.
  4. ^ Hutchinson, John M.C.; Reise, Heike; Schlitt, Bettina (7 July 2022). "Will the real Limax nyctelius please step forward: Lehmannia, Ambigolimax, or Malacolimax? No, Letourneuxia!". Archiv für Molluskenkunde International Journal of Malacology. 151 (1): 19–41. doi:10.1127/arch.moll/151/019-041.

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Lehmannia melitensis: Brief Summary

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Lehmannia melitensis is a species of air-breathing land slug, a shell-less pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Limacidae.

The right side of Lehmannia melitensis showing the pneumostome The foot of Lehmannia melitensis
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