Malacolimax tenellus
Malacolimax tenellus | |
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An individual of Malacolimax tenellus in a partially contracted state | |
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 is yellow in color and can grow up to 50 mm[2]
Habitat
This species is known to live in a number of countries and areas:
- Czech Republic - least concern (LC)[3]
- Ukraine[4]
- Great Britain
- Ireland
- Pyrenees
- Croatia
- Romania
Ecology
This species thrive in woodland.
Parasites of Malacolimax tenellus include:
- Elaphostrongylus spp.[5]
References
- ↑ 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Cited 1 March 2007.
- ↑ "AnimalBase :: Malacolimax tenellus species homepage". www.animalbase.uni-goettingen.de. Retrieved 2016-03-29.
- ↑ 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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