Parmacella tenerifensis

Parmacella tenerifensis
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: Parmacelloidea
Family: Parmacellidae
Genus: Parmacella
Species: P. tenerifensis
Binomial name
Parmacella tenerifensis
Alonso, Ibanez & Diaz, 1985[2]

Parmacella tenerifensis is a species of air-breathing land slug, a shell-less terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Parmacellidae.

This slug is listed as endangered species in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species,[1] but it is listed as Vulnerable species in the Red Book of Invertebrates of Spain.[3]

Description

This species is brown in color.

Distribution

This species is endemic to the area east of San Cristóbal de La Laguna in Tenerife, Canary Islands.[3]

Ecology

This species inhabits ruderal biotopes.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 Alonso R. & Ibanez M. (1996) Parmacella tenerifensis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.
  2. Alonso M. R., Ibáñez M. & Diaz J. A. (1985). "A new slug from the Canary Islands (Pulmonata: Parmacellidae)". Archiv für Molluskenkunde 116(1/3): 57-65.
  3. 1 2 3 Ibáñez M. & Alonso M. R. (2005) "Parmacella tenerifensis Alonso, Ibáñez y Díaz, 1985". page 397. In: Verdú J. R. & Galante E. (eds.) (2005). Libro Rojo de los Invertebrados de España [Red Book of Invertebrates of Spain]. Dirección General de Conservación de la Naturaleza, Madrid.

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