Ambigolimax melitensis
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| Ambigolimax melitensis from Sicily | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Superfamily: | Limacoidea |
| Family: | Limacidae |
| Genus: | Ambigolimax |
| Species: | A. melitensis
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| Ambigolimax melitensis | |
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Ambigolimax melitensis is a species of air-breathing land slug, a shell-less pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Limacidae. [2]
Description
[edit]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. [3]
Distribution
[edit]The distribution of this species includes Malta and Italy (Sicily, Aeolian Islands, Sardinia, and the Tuscan Archipelago).[4] It also has been found in Tunisia and Algeria.[5][6]
References
[edit]- ^ Lessona, M.; Pollonera C. (1882). Monografia dei limacidi italiani. Turin: Ermanno Loescher. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.10743.
- ^ Ambigolimax melitensis(Lessona & Pollonera, 1882). 11 January 2025. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
- ^ Lessona, M.; Pollonera, C. (1882). Monografia dei limacidi italiani. Torino: Ermanno Loescher. p. 69. Retrieved 11 January 2025.
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- ^ Species summary for Lehmannia melitensis. AnimalBase
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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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