Malacolimax tenellus
| Malacolimax tenellus | |
|---|---|
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| An individual of Malacolimax tenellus in a partially contracted state | |
| Conservation status | |
| NE[1] | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata clade Eupulmonata clade Stylommatophora informal group Sigmurethra clade limacoid clade |
| Superfamily: | Limacoidea |
| Family: | Limacidae |
| Subfamily: | Limacinae |
| Genus: | Malacolimax |
| Species: | M. tenellus |
| Binomial name | |
| Malacolimax tenellus O. F. Müller, 1774 | |
Malacolimax tenellus is species of air-breathing land slug, a shell-less terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Limacidae.
Description
The body of this slug is yellow in color.
Distribution
This species is known to occur in a number of European countries and islands including:
- Czech Republic - least concern (LC)[2]
- Ukraine[3]
- Great Britain
- Ireland
- and other areas
Ecology
mating of Malacolimax tenellus
This species occurs in woodland.
Parasites of Malacolimax tenellus include:
- Elaphostrongylus spp.[4]
References
- ↑ 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Cited 1 March 2007.
- ↑ Juřičková L., Horsák M. & Beran L., 2001: Check-list of the molluscs (Mollusca) of the Czech Republic. Acta Soc. Zool. Bohem., 65: 25-40.
- ↑ Balashov I. & Gural-Sverlova N. 2012. An annotated checklist of the terrestrial molluscs of Ukraine. Journal of Conchology. 41 (1): 91-109.
- ↑ Olsson I.-M., Stéen M. & Mann H. (1993). "Gastropod hosts of Elaphostrongylus spp. (Protostrongylidae, Nematoda)". Rangifer 13(1): 53-55. PDF.
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