Tandonia budapestensis

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Tandonia budapestensis
Conservation status
NE
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Gastropoda Order: Pulmonata Family: Milacidae Genus: Tandonia Species: T. budapestensis
Binomial name
Tandonia budapestensis (Hazay, 1881)

Tandonia budapestensis is a species of air-breathing, keeled, land slug. It is a shell-less terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Milacidae.

Contents 1 Description 2 Distribution 3 Habitat 4 References

[edit] Description

This slug is a dark brownish grey, with a keel of a brighter color.

[edit] Distribution

This slug is native to Europe.

• Not listed in IUCN red list - not evaluated (NE) ^[1]
• Austria
• Bulgaria
• Czech Republic - least concern (LC) ^{[2] [3]}
• Hungary
• Netherlands^[4]
• Poland
• Slovakia
• The British Isles
• ...

[edit] Habitat

This slug mainly lives in secondary, anthropogenous (man-made) habitats, such as farmland. It is a pest in crops of root vegetables.

[edit] References

1. ^ 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Cited 2 March 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.
3. ^ Dvořák L., Čejka T. & Horsák M., 2003: Present knowledge of distribution of Tandonia budapestensis (Hazay, 1881) in the Czech and Slovak Republics (Gastropoda: Milacidae). Malakológiai Tájekoztató (Malacological Newsletter), 21: 37–43. http://www.matramuzeum.hu/Personal/2003_BUDA.PDF
4. ^ http://www.anemoon.org/anm/voorlopige-kaarten/landmollusken/wetenschappelijk/tandonia-budapestensis/

• Janus, Horst, 1965. The young specialist looks at land and freshwater molluscs, Burke, London