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Ambigolimax melitensis

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(Redirected from Lehmannia melitensis) Species of gastropod

Ambigolimax melitensis
Ambigolimax melitensis from Sicily
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Superfamily: Limacoidea
Family: Limacidae
Genus: Ambigolimax
Species: A. melitensis
Binomial name
Ambigolimax melitensis
(Lessona & Pollonera, 1882)
Synonyms
  • Lehmannia melitensis (Lessona & Pollonera, 1882) superseded combination
  • Limax melitensis Lessona & Pollonera, 1882 superseded combination (basionym)

Ambigolimax melitensis is a species of air-breathing land slug, a shell-less pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Limacidae.

The right side of Ambigolimax melitensis showing the pneumostome
The foot of Ambigolimax melitensis

Description

The length of the snail attains 20 mm, its diameter 3.5 mm.

(Original description in Latin) The snail features an elongate-conical body that tapers toward the front and is pointed at the rear, lacking a keel and uniformly displaying a pale ash-gray color. The shield is moderately sized, not swollen, finely granulated, and rounded at both the anterior and posterior ends. Beneath the shield lies a small, oval-elongated, slug-like structure that is distinctly visible.

Distribution

The distribution of this species includes Malta and Italy (Sicily, Aeolian Islands, Sardinia, and the Tuscan Archipelago). It also has been found in Tunisia and Algeria.

References

  1. Lessona, M.; Pollonera C. (1882). Monografia dei limacidi italiani. Turin: Ermanno Loescher. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.10743.
  2. Ambigolimax melitensis(Lessona & Pollonera, 1882). 11 January 2025. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
  3. Lessona, M.; Pollonera, C. (1882). Monografia dei limacidi italiani. Torino: Ermanno Loescher. p. 69. Retrieved 11 January 2025.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  4. Species summary for Lehmannia melitensis. AnimalBase
  5. Abbes, I.; Liberto, F.; Castillejo, J.; Nouira, S. (2010). "A review of slugs and semi-slugs of Tunisia (Testacellidae, Milacidae and Limacidae)". Journal of Conchology. 40: 219–231.
  6. Hutchinson, John M.C.; Reise, Heike; Schlitt, Bettina (7 July 2022). "Will the real Limax nyctelius please step forward: Lehmannia, Ambigolimax, or Malacolimax? No, Letourneuxia!". Archiv für Molluskenkunde International Journal of Malacology. 151 (1): 19–41. doi:10.1127/arch.moll/151/019-041.

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Taxon identifiers
Lehmannia melitensis
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