Malacolimax tenellus
Individual in a partially contracted state
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Limacidae
Genus: Malacolimax
Species:
M. tenellus
Binomial name
Malacolimax tenellus

Malacolimax tenellus (lemon slug[2]) is a 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 in).[3]

Habitat

This species is known to live in a number of countries and areas:

Ecology

Mating of M. tenellus

This species thrive in woodland.

Parasites of Malacolimax tenellus include:

References

  1. ^ Kappes, H. (2017). "Malacolimax tenellus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T171028A1320234. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T171028A1320234.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Lemon slug". Retrieved 13 February 2020.
  3. ^ "AnimalBase :: Malacolimax tenellus species homepage". www.animalbase.uni-goettingen.de. Retrieved 2016-03-29.
  4. ^ Juřičková L., Horsák M. & Beran L. (2001). "Check-list of the molluscs (Mollusca) of the Czech Republic". Acta Soc. Zool. Bohem. 65: 25–40.
  5. ^ Balashov I. & Gural-Sverlova N. (2012). "An annotated checklist of the terrestrial molluscs of Ukraine". Journal of Conchology. 41 (1): 91–109.
  6. ^ Olsson I.-M., Stéen M. & Mann H. (1993). "Gastropod hosts of Elaphostrongylus spp. (Protostrongylidae, Nematoda)". Rangifer. 13 (1): 53–55. doi:10.7557/2.13.1.1074.

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