Deroceras vascoana
| Deroceras vascoana | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Agriolimacidae |
| Genus: | Deroceras |
| Species: | D. vascoana
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| Binomial name | |
| Deroceras vascoana de Winter, 1986
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Deroceras vascoana is a species of air-breathing land slug in the family Agriolimacidae. It is native to France and Spain.[1]
This slug is pale brown in color. Collected specimens are 2.2 to 3.2 centimetres (0.87 to 1.26 in) long. D. vascoana "is easily recognizable anatomically by the shape and colouration of its penis",[2] a main diagnostic character. The "relatively small" and "bulbous" penis is purple-brown in color at the apex, and the branching penial appendage is white.[2] When disturbed, the slug produces a copious white mucus.[2]
References[edit]
- ^ a b Mollusc Specialist Group. 1996. Deroceras vascoana. In: IUCN 2013. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.1. Downloaded on 05 September 2013.
- ^ a b c de Winter, A. J. (1986). Little-known and new south-west European slugs (Pulmonata: Agriolimacidae: Arionidae). Zoologische Mededeelingen 60(10) 135-58.