Bielzia coerulans

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Bielzia coerulans
Conservation status
NE
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Gastropoda Order: Pulmonata Family: Limacidae Genus: Bielzia Species: B. coerulans
Binomial name
Bielzia coerulans M. Bielz, 1851

Bielzia coerulans is a species of very large land slug, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod in the family Limacidae, the keelback slugs.

Contents 1 Description 2 Distribution and biotope 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Description

This is a slug which is blue when adult and 120 - 160 mm in length. The juveniles are brown.

[edit] Distribution and biotope

This species is endemic to the Carpathian Mountains in Eastern Europe.

• Not listed in IUCN red list - not evaluated (NE) ^[1]
• The Czech Republic - vulnerable (VU) in Moravia ^[2]
• Poland
• Slovakia
• Ukraine

Biotope: woods.

[edit] References

1. ^ 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Cited 10 February 2007.
2. ^ Juřičková L., Horsák M. & Beran L., 2001: Check-list of the molluscs (Mollusca) of the Czech Republic. Acta Soc. Zool. Bohem., 65: 25-40.

[edit] External links

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