Ambigolimax valentianus
Ambigolimax valentianus (previously known as Lehmannia valentiana) is a species of air-breathing land slug, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Limacidae.
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| Three Ambigolimax valentianus from a compost barrel in Queens, NYC, US, in 2011 | |
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| A pale individual of Ambigolimax valentianus from Japan | |
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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: | A. valentianus |
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Distribution
This species is known to occur in a number of countries and islands including:
- Czech Republic as a "hothouse alien"
- Great Britain
- Ireland
- China[2]
Two views of an internal shell of Ambigolimax valentianus
References
- Férussac, A. E. J. P. J. F. d'Audebard de [1821-1822]. Tableaux systématiques des animaux mollusques classés en familles naturelles, dans lesquels on a établi la concordance de tous les systèmes; suivis d'un prodrome général pour tous les mollusques terrestres ou fluviatiles, vivants ou fossiles. pp. j-xlvij [= 1-47], [1], 1-110, [1]. Paris, Londres. (Bertrand, Sowerby).
- Wiktor A., De-niu C. & Wu M. (2000). "Stylommatophoran slugs of China (Gastropoda: Pulmonata) – prodromus". Folia Malacologica 8(1): 3-35.
Further reading
- Waldén H. W. 1961. On the variation, nomenclature, distribution and taxonomical position of Limax (Lehmannia) valentianus Férussac (Gastropoda, Pulmonata). Arkiv för Zoologi, 15: 71–95.
External links
- Species summary for Lehmannia valentiana at Animalbase: taxonomy, short description, distribution, biology, status (threats), images
- Lehmannia valentiana on the UF / IFAS Featured Creatures Web site
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