Deroceras vascoana
Deroceras vascoana is a species of air-breathing land slug in the family Agriolimacidae. It is native to France and Spain.[1]
| Deroceras vascoana | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Superorder: | Eupulmonata |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Agriolimacidae |
| Genus: | Deroceras |
| Species: | D. vascoana |
| Binomial name | |
| Deroceras vascoana de Winter, 1986 | |
This slug is pale brown in color. Collected specimens are 2.2 to 3.2 centimeters long. D. vascoana "is easily recognizable anatomically by the shape and colouration of its penis",[2] a main diagnostic character. The "relatively small" and "bulbous" penis is purple-brown in color at the apex, and the branching penial appendage is white.[2] When disturbed, the slug produces a copious white mucus.[2]
References
- Mollusc Specialist Group. 1996. Deroceras vascoana. In: IUCN 2013. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.1. Downloaded on 05 September 2013.
- de Winter, A. J. (1986). Little-known and new south-west European slugs (Pulmonata: Agriolimacidae: Arionidae). Zoologische Mededeelingen 60(10) 135-58.
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