Lehmannia islandica is a species of air-breathing land slug, a shell-less pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Limacidae. It is endemic to Iceland and listed as "Data Deficient" in the IUCN red list due to a lack of detailed distribution data and overlap with the similar species Lehmannia marginata.[1]
| Lehmannia islandica | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Limacidae |
| Genus: | Lehmannia |
| Species: | L. islandica
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| Binomial name | |
| Lehmannia islandica | |
Description
editThe species is occasionally considered a synonym of Lehmannia marginata but is smaller and exhibits a different penis structure being "thickened in its distal section, with a long and pointed flagellum".[3] Like other limacids, these slugs are slim with a pointed tail, and the pneumostome lies is the posterior half of the mantle. The length is reportedly 20 mm.
References
edit- ^ a b Kappes, H. (2017). "Lehmannia islandica". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T171380A1325326. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T171380A1325326.en. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
- ^ Forcart, L. 1966. Alpine und nordische Arten der Gattung Lehmannia Heynemann (Limacidae). Archiv für Molluskenkunde 95: 225-236.
- ^ Animal Base: Species summary for Lehmannia islandica <http://www.animalbase.uni-goettingen.de/zooweb/servlet/AnimalBase/home/species?id=4001>. Cited 16 January 2024