Lehmannia melitensis
| Lehmannia melitensis | |
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| Lehmannia melitensis from Sicily | |
| 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: | Lehmannia |
| Species: | L. melitensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Lehmannia melitensis (Lessona & Pollonera, 1882)[1] | |
| Synonyms | |
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Limax melitensis Lessona & Pollonera, 1882 | |
Lehmannia melitensis is a species of air-breathing land slug, a shell-less pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Limacidae.
The right side of Lehmannia melitensis showing the pneumostome
The foot of Lehmannia melitensis
Distribution
The distribution of this species includes Malta and Italy (Sicilia, Aeolian Islands, Sardinia and Tuscan Archipelago).[2]
References
- ↑ Lessona, M., Pollonera C. (1882). Monografia dei limacidi italiani. Turin: Ermanno Loescher. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.10743.
- ↑ Species summary for Lehmannia melitensis. AnimalBase
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