Lehmannia melitensis

Lehmannia melitensis
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

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 (Sicily, Aeolian Islands, Sardinia, and the Tuscan Archipelago).[2]

References

  1. Lessona, M., Pollonera C. (1882). Monografia dei limacidi italiani. Turin: Ermanno Loescher. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.10743.
  2. Species summary for Lehmannia melitensis. AnimalBase
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