Английская Википедия:Geomalacus anguiformis
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Geomalacus anguiformis is a species of air-breathing land slug, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Arionidae, the round back slugs.
Distribution
This species occurs in south Portugal (Serra de Monchique) and central Spain.[1]
Description
The slug is dark grey with brown hue.[1] It has lighter sides and two light colour bands with dark lower margins running along both sides of the mantle.[1] Mantle is elliptical, extending to tentacles in anterior part.[1] Tentacles are nearly black, thick and not very long.[1] When crawling, the slug has not always a regularly cylindrical shape, there are depressions and dilatations.[1] Sole is light creamy with darker medial zone, with yellowish or greenish hue.[1] Mucus is yellow.[1] Geomalacus anguiformis is 60 mm long (preserved 30 mm).[1]
Shell is elliptical, solid, upper side convex and lower side flat.[1]
The reproductive system is diagnostic feature: Geomalacus anguiformis has atrial diverticulum shorter than spermatheca duct[2] while Kerry slug Geomalacus maculosus has atrial diverticulum longer than spermatheca duct.[2] Geomalacus anguiformis has penis long, vas deferens very thin, spermatheca oval with long duct.[1] Geomalacus anguiformis differs from Geomalacus oliveirae in its atriopenis inserting at the prolongation of the atrial long axis (not laterally).[1]
Ecology
Geomalacus anguiformis was found in olive plantations, under bark.[1]
References
This article incorporates public domain text from the reference.[1] Шаблон:Reflist
Further reading
- Шаблон:In lang 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 anguiformis is on page 355-359.
