Geomalacus oliveirae

Geomalacus oliveirae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group Sigmurethra
Superfamily: Arionoidea
Family: Arionidae
Genus: Geomalacus
Subgenus: Arrudia
Species: G. oliveirae
Binomial name
Geomalacus oliveirae
Simroth, 1891[1]

Geomalacus oliveirae is a species of air-breathing land slug, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Arionidae, the round back slugs.

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Distribution

Distribution of Geomalacus oliveirae include:

Description

Geomalacus oliveirae is a slug light with 4 black colour bands, inner bands are irregularly interrupted, main marginal bands sharply delimited against the light background.[2] The length of the body of preserved specimen is 20 mm.[2]

Reproductive system: Genital retractor inserts more anteriorly in the median line of dorsum than in the other species.[2]

Ecology

Geomalacus oliveirae lives in Portugal in Mediterranean shrubland and on granitic substrate, also under Betula, Pinus and Juniperus trees, below 1300 m.[2] It lives in Spain under Pinus and in olive orchards.[2]

References

This article incorporates public domain text from the reference.[2]

  1. ^ (German) Simroth H. 1891. Die Nacktschnecken der portugiesisch-azorischen Fauna in ihrem Verhältnis zu denen der paläarktischen Region überhaupt. Nova Acta Academiae Caesareae Leopoldino-Carolinae Germanicae Naturae Curiosorum 56: [1], 201-424, Tab. IX-XVIII [= 9-18]. Halle. Geomalacus oliveirae is on page 359-360. Table 6, figure 9. Table 8, karte 1.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Species summary for Geomalacus oliveirae". AnimalBase, last modified 13 April 2010, accessed 9 December 2010.