Lehmannia marginata is a species of air-breathing land slug, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Limacidae. Sometimes classified in the genus Limax, the species is distinct in its ecology, and its nearly transparent body. It is a medium-sized species, rarely exceeding 12 cm in body length. The body is fairly long and narrow, with a marked keel. The keel looks lighter than the remaining body against the darker innards.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Limacidae |
| Genus: | Lehmannia |
| Species: | L. marginata
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| Binomial name | |
| Lehmannia marginata (O. F. Müller, 1774)
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Limax marginatus O. F. Müller, 1774 | |
Distribution
editThis species is known to occur in a number of countries and islands including:
Description
editThis is a species of keeled slug.
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Drawing of reproductive system of Lehmannia marginata
Ecology
editThis slug species is found in woodland.
Lehmannia marginata eats lichen, algae and mushrooms, and will only eat other dead slugs if no other food is available.[3]
References
edit- ^ Balashov I. & Gural-Sverlova N. 2012. An annotated checklist of the terrestrial molluscs of Ukraine. Journal of Conchology. 41 (1): 91-109.
- ^ South, A. Terrestrial Slugs: Biology, ecology and control. Springer, New York. pp19
- ^ Species summary for Lehmannia marginata. AnimalBase