| Malacolimax tenellus | |
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| Individual in a partially contracted state | |
| Conservation status | |
 Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Limacidae |
| Genus: | Malacolimax |
| Species: | M. tenellus |
| Binomial name | |
| Malacolimax tenellus O. F. Müller, 1774 | |
Malacolimax tenellus (lemon slug) is a species of air-breathing land slug, a shell-less terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Limacidae.
Description
The body is yellow in color and can grow up to 50 mm (2 in).
Habitat
This species is known to live in a number of countries and areas:
- Czech Republic – least concern (LC)
- Ukraine
- Great Britain
- Ireland
- Pyrenees
- Croatia
- Romania
Ecology
This species thrive in woodland.
Parasites of Malacolimax tenellus include:
- Elaphostrongylus spp.
References
- Kappes, H. (2017). "Malacolimax tenellus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T171028A1320234. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T171028A1320234.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- "Lemon slug". Retrieved 13 February 2020.
- "AnimalBase :: Malacolimax tenellus species homepage". www.animalbase.uni-goettingen.de. Retrieved 2016-03-29.
- Juřičková L., Horsák M. & Beran L. (2001). "Check-list of the molluscs (Mollusca) of the Czech Republic". Acta Soc. Zool. Bohem. 65: 25–40.
- Balashov I. & Gural-Sverlova N. (2012). "An annotated checklist of the terrestrial molluscs of Ukraine". Journal of Conchology. 41 (1): 91–109.
- Olsson I.-M., Stéen M. & Mann H. (1993). "Gastropod hosts of Elaphostrongylus spp. (Protostrongylidae, Nematoda)". Rangifer. 13 (1): 53–55. doi:10.7557/2.13.1.1074.
External links
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