Deroceras vascoana

Deroceras vascoana
Conservation status

Near Threatened  (IUCN 2.3)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group Sigmurethra
clade Limacoid clade
Superfamily: Limacoidea
Family: Agriolimacidae
Genus: Deroceras
Species: D. vascoana
Binomial name
Deroceras vascoana
de Winter, 1986

Deroceras vascoana is a species of air-breathing land slug in the family Agriolimacidae. It is native to France and Spain.[1]

This slug is pale brown in color. Collected specimens are 2.2 to 3.2 centimeters long. D. vascoana "is easily recognizable anatomically by the shape and colouration of its penis",[2] a main diagnostic character. The "relatively small" and "bulbous" penis is purple-brown in color at the apex, and the branching penial appendage is white.[2] When disturbed, the slug produces a copious white mucus.[2]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Mollusc Specialist Group. 1996. Deroceras vascoana. In: IUCN 2013. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.1. Downloaded on 05 September 2013.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 de Winter, A. J. (1986). Little-known and new south-west European slugs (Pulmonata: Agriolimacidae: Arionidae). Zoologische Mededeelingen 60(10) 135-58.