Geomalacus oliveirae
| Geomalacus oliveirae | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Arionidae |
| Genus: | Geomalacus |
| Subgenus: | Arrudia |
| Species: | G. oliveirae
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| Binomial name | |
| Geomalacus oliveirae | |
Geomalacus oliveirae is a species of air-breathing land slug, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Arionidae, the round back slugs.
Distribution
[edit]Distribution of Geomalacus oliveirae include:
- Portugal (Beira Alta)[2]
- Spain (Toledo, Cáceres, Salamanca)[2] - Red List Spain: Sensitive to habitat change (Gómez Moliner et al. 2001).[2]
Description
[edit]Geomalacus oliveirae is a slug light with 4 black colour bands, inner bands are irregularly interrupted, main marginal bands sharply delimited against the light background.[2] The length of the body of preserved specimen is 20 mm.[2]
Reproductive system: Genital retractor inserts more anteriorly in the median line of dorsum than in the other species.[2]
Ecology
[edit]Geomalacus oliveirae lives in Portugal in Mediterranean shrubland and on granitic substrate, also under Betula, Pinus and Juniperus trees, below 1300 m.[2] It lives in Spain under Pinus and in olive orchards.[2]
References
[edit]This article incorporates public domain text from the reference.[2]
- ^ (in German) Simroth H. 1891. Die Nacktschnecken der portugiesisch-azorischen Fauna in ihrem Verhältnis zu denen der paläarktischen Region überhaupt. Nova Acta Academiae Caesareae Leopoldino-Carolinae Germanicae Naturae Curiosorum 56: [1], 201-424, Tab. IX-XVIII [= 9-18]. Halle. Geomalacus oliveirae is on page 359-360. Table 6, figure 9. Table 8, karte 1.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "Species summary for Geomalacus oliveirae". AnimalBase, last modified 13 April 2010, accessed 9 December 2010.