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
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| Lehmannia melitensis from Sicily | |
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| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata clade Eupulmonata clade Stylommatophora informal group Sigmurethra clade limacoid clade |
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| Species: | L. melitensis |
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| Lehmannia melitensis | |
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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
- Lessona, M.; Pollonera C. (1882). Monografia dei limacidi italiani. Turin: Ermanno Loescher. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.10743.
- Species summary for Lehmannia melitensis. AnimalBase
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