Lehmannia marginata
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| Lehmannia marginata | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Limacidae |
| Genus: | Lehmannia |
| Species: | L. marginata
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| Binomial name | |
| Lehmannia marginata (O. F. Müller, 1774)
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Limax marginatus O. F. Müller, 1774 | |
Lehmannia marginata is a species of air-breathing land slug, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Limacidae. Sometimes classified in the genus Limax, the species is distinct in its ecology, and its nearly transparent body. It is a medium-sized species, rarely exceeding 12 cm in body length. The body is fairly long and narrow, with a marked keel. The keel looks lighter than the remaining body against the darker innards.
Distribution
[edit]This species is known to occur in a number of countries and islands including:
Description
[edit]This is a species of keeled slug.
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Drawing of reproductive system of Lehmannia marginata
Ecology
[edit]This slug species is found in woodland.
Lehmannia marginata eats lichen, algae and mushrooms, and will only eat other dead slugs if no other food is available.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Balashov I. & Gural-Sverlova N. 2012. An annotated checklist of the terrestrial molluscs of Ukraine. Journal of Conchology. 41 (1): 91-109.
- ^ South, A. Terrestrial Slugs: Biology, ecology and control. Springer, New York. pp19
- ^ Species summary for Lehmannia marginata. AnimalBase
