Malacolimax tenellus (lemon slug[2]) is a species of air-breathing land slug, a shell-less terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Limacidae.
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| Individual in a partially contracted state | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Limacidae |
| Genus: | Malacolimax |
| Species: | M. tenellus
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| Binomial name | |
| Malacolimax tenellus O. F. Müller, 1774
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Description
editThe body is yellow in color and can grow up to 50 mm (2 in).[3]
Habitat
editThis species is known to live in a number of countries and areas:
- Czech Republic – least concern (LC)[4]
- Ukraine[5]
- Great Britain
- Ireland
- Pyrenees
- Croatia
- Romania
Ecology
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This species thrive in woodland.
Parasites of Malacolimax tenellus include:
- Elaphostrongylus spp.[6]
References
edit- ^ Kappes, H. (2017). "Malacolimax tenellus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T171028A1320234. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T171028A1320234.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ "Lemon slug". Retrieved 13 February 2020.
- ^ "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. doi:10.7557/2.13.1.1074.
External links
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