Lehmannia valentiana
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Lehmannia valentiana is a species
of air-breathing land slug
, a terrestrial
pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Limacidae
.
Species
In biology, a species is one of the basic units of biological classification and a taxonomic rank. A species is often defined as a group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring. While in many cases this definition is adequate, more precise or differing measures are...
of air-breathing land slug
Slug
Slug is a common name that is normally applied to any gastropod mollusc that lacks a shell, has a very reduced shell, or has a small internal shell...
, a terrestrial
Terrestrial animal
Terrestrial animals are animals that live predominantly or entirely on land , as compared with aquatic animals, which live predominantly or entirely in the water , or amphibians, which rely on a combination of aquatic and terrestrial habitats...
pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Limacidae
Limacidae
Limacidae, common name the keelback slugs, are a taxonomic family of medium-sized to very large, air-breathing land slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Limacoidea.- Distribution :...
.
Distribution
This species is known to occur in a number of countries and islands including:- Czech Republic as a "hothouse alien"
- Great Britain
- Ireland
- China
Further reading
- Waldén H. W. 1961. On the variation, nomenclature, distribution and taxonomical position of Limax (Lehmannia) valentianus Férussac (Gastropoda, Pulmonata). Arkiv för Zoologi, 15: 71–95.
External links
- Lehmannia valentiana on the UF / IFASInstitute of Food and Agricultural SciencesThe University of Florida’s Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences is a federal-state-county partnership dedicated to developing knowledge in agriculture, human and natural resources, and the life sciences, and enhancing and sustaining the quality of human life by making that information...
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