Lehmannia melitensis

Lehmannia melitensis is a species of air-breathing land slug, a shell-less pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Limacidae.

The right side of Lehmannia melitensis showing the pneumostome
The foot of Lehmannia melitensis

Lehmannia melitensis
Lehmannia melitensis from Sicily
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L. melitensis
Binomial name
Lehmannia melitensis
Synonyms

Limax melitensis Lessona & Pollonera, 1882

Distribution

The distribution of this species includes Malta and Italy (Sicily, Aeolian Islands, Sardinia, and the Tuscan Archipelago).[2]

References

  1. Lessona, M.; Pollonera C. (1882). Monografia dei limacidi italiani. Turin: Ermanno Loescher. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.10743.
  2. Species summary for Lehmannia melitensis. AnimalBase


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