Biology:Malacolimax tenellus
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Short description: Species of air-breathing land slug
| Malacolimax tenellus | |
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| Individual in a partially contracted state | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Limacidae |
| Genus: | Malacolimax |
| Species: | M. tenellus
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| Binomial name | |
| Malacolimax tenellus O. F. Müller, 1774
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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
This species thrive in woodland.
Parasites of Malacolimax tenellus include:
- Elaphostrongylus spp.[6]
References
- ↑ Kappes, H. (2017). "Malacolimax tenellus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T171028A1320234. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T171028A1320234.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/171028/1320234. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ↑ "Lemon slug". https://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/trees-woods-and-wildlife/animals/slugs-and-snails/lemon-slug/.
- ↑ "AnimalBase :: Malacolimax tenellus species homepage". http://www.animalbase.uni-goettingen.de/zooweb/servlet/AnimalBase/home/species?id=1273.
- ↑ Juřičková L., Horsák M. & Beran L. (2001). "Check-list of the molluscs (Mollusca) of the Czech Republic". Acta Soc. Zool. Bohem. 65: 25–40. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/283693754.
- ↑ Balashov I. & Gural-Sverlova N. (2012). "An annotated checklist of the terrestrial molluscs of Ukraine". Journal of Conchology 41 (1): 91–109. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/264381723.
- ↑ 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.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q174549 entry
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