Lehmannia islandica

Lehmannia islandica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Limacidae
Genus: Lehmannia
Species:
L. islandica
Binomial name
Lehmannia islandica
(Forcart, 1966)[2][3]
Synonyms

L. marginata

Lehmannia islandica was described as a species of air-breathing land slug, a shell-less pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Limacidae. It is now proposed to be a synonym of Lehmannia marginata. It was considered endemic to Iceland but was listed as "Data Deficient" in the IUCN red list due to a lack of detailed distribution data and the co-occurrence with L. marginata.[1]

Description

Like other limacids, these slugs are slim with a pointed tail, and the pneumostome lies in the posterior half of the mantle. The original description[2] claimed that L. islandica differed from Lehmannia marginata in being smaller (20 cm) and in its penis being "thickened in its distal section, with a long and pointed flagellum".[4] However, subsequently these differences have been considered within the range of variation of L. marginata, and also the DNA of an Islandic individual fitting the morphological description did not suggest a difference from that species.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b Kappes, H. (2017). "Lehmannia islandica". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017 e.T171380A1325326. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T171380A1325326.en. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
  2. ^ a b Forcart, L. (1966). "Alpine und nordische Arten der Gattung Lehmannia Heynemann (Limacidae)" (PDF). Archiv für Molluskenkunde. 95: 225–236.
  3. ^ MolluscaBase Eds. "Lehmannia islandica Forcart, 1966". MolluscaBase. Flanders Marine Institute. Retrieved 13 February 2026.
  4. ^ Animal Base: Species summary for Lehmannia islandica <http://www.animalbase.uni-goettingen.de/zooweb/servlet/AnimalBase/home/species?id=4001>. Cited 16 January 2024
  5. ^ Hutchinson, JMC; Schlitt, B; Reise, H (2026). "Ambigolimax, Lehmannia and other limacid slugs (Gastropoda: Stylommatophora); what their DNA tells us about phylogeny, taxonomy and phylogeography". Journal of Molluscan Studies. 92 (1) eyaf031. doi:10.1093/mollus/eyaf031.