Lehmannia melitensis is a species of air-breathing land slug, a shell-less pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Limacidae.
| Lehmannia melitensis | |
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| Lehmannia melitensis from Sicily | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Limacidae |
| Subfamily: | Limacinae |
| Genus: | Lehmannia |
| Species: | L. melitensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Lehmannia melitensis | |
| Synonyms | |
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Limax melitensis Lessona & Pollonera, 1882 | |
Distribution edit
The distribution of this species includes Malta and Italy (Sicily, Aeolian Islands, Sardinia, and the Tuscan Archipelago).[2] It also has been found in Tunisia and Algeria.[3][4]
References edit
- ^ Lessona, M.; Pollonera C. (1882). Monografia dei limacidi italiani. Turin: Ermanno Loescher. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.10743.
- ^ Species summary for Lehmannia melitensis. AnimalBase
- ^ Abbes, I.; Liberto, F.; Castillejo, J.; Nouira, S. (2010). "A review of slugs and semi-slugs of Tunisia (Testacellidae, Milacidae and Limacidae)". Journal of Conchology. 40: 219–231.
- ^ Hutchinson, John M.C.; Reise, Heike; Schlitt, Bettina (7 July 2022). "Will the real Limax nyctelius please step forward: Lehmannia, Ambigolimax, or Malacolimax? No, Letourneuxia!". Archiv für Molluskenkunde International Journal of Malacology. 151 (1): 19–41. doi:10.1127/arch.moll/151/019-041.
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