Malacolimax tenellus
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| An individual of Malacolimax tenellus in a partially contracted state | |
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| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata clade Eupulmonata clade Stylommatophora informal group Sigmurethra clade limacoid clade |
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| Species: | M. tenellus
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| Malacolimax tenellus O. F. Müller, 1774
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Malacolimax tenellus is 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]
Habitat
This species is known to live in a number of countries and areas:
- Czech Republic - least concern (LC)[3]
- Ukraine[4]
- Great Britain
- Ireland
- Pyrenees
- Croatia
- Romania
Ecology
This species thrive in woodland.
Parasites of Malacolimax tenellus include:
- Elaphostrongylus spp.[5]
References
- ^ 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Cited 1 March 2007.
- ^ "AnimalBase :: Malacolimax tenellus species homepage". www.animalbase.uni-goettingen.de. Retrieved 2016-03-29.
- ^ Juřičková L., Horsák M. & Beran L., 2001: Check-list of the molluscs (Mollusca) of the Czech Republic. Acta Soc. Zool. Bohem., 65: 25-40.
- ^ Balashov I. & Gural-Sverlova N. 2012. An annotated checklist of the terrestrial molluscs of Ukraine. Journal of Conchology. 41 (1): 91-109.
- ^ Olsson I.-M., Stéen M. & Mann H. (1993). "Gastropod hosts of Elaphostrongylus spp. (Protostrongylidae, Nematoda)". Rangifer 13(1): 53-55. PDF.
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