Lehmannia marginata

Lehmannia marginata
Lehmannia marginata
Conservation status
NE[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata clade Eupulmonata clade Stylommatophora informal group Sigmurethra clade limacoid clade
Superfamily:	Limacoidea
Family:	Limacidae
Subfamily:	Limacinae
Genus:	Lehmannia
Species:	L. marginata
Binomial name
Lehmannia marginata (O. F. Müller, 1774)
Synonyms
Limax marginatus O. F. Müller, 1774

A small Lehmannia marginata browsing on lichen amid moss patches

Lehmannia marginata is 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

This species is known to occur in a number of countries and islands including:

• Czech Republic
• Netherlands
• Slovakia
• Poland
• Ukraine^[2]
• Great Britain
• Ireland
• Norway
• Spain^[3]
• and other areas

Description

This is a species of keeled slug.

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  Drawing of reproductive system of Lehmannia marginata

Ecology

This slug species is found in woodland.

In contrast to predominately carnivorous species like the Spanish slug or the grey slug, Lehmannia marginata eats lichen, algae and mushrooms, and will only eat other dead slugs if no other food is available.^[4]

References

1. 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Cited 9 July 2008.
2. Balashov I. & Gural-Sverlova N. 2012. An annotated checklist of the terrestrial molluscs of Ukraine. Journal of Conchology. 41 (1): 91-109.
3. South, A. Terrestrial Slugs: Biology, ecology and control. Springer, New York. pp19
4. Species summary for Lehmannia marginata. AnimalBase

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