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Geomalacus oliveirae
Geomalacus oliveirae is a species of air-breathing land slug, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Arionidae, the round back slugs.
From the article Geomalacus oliveirae on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
Geomalacus oliveirae is a slug light with 4 black colour bands, inner bands are irregularly interrupted, main marginal bands sharply delimited against the light background. The length of the body of preserved specimen is 20 mm. Reproductive system: Genital retractor inserts more anteriorly in the median line of dorsum than in the other species.
Range & habitat
Distribution of Geomalacus oliveirae include:
Portugal (Beira Alta) Spain (Toledo, Cáceres, Salamanca) - Red List Spain: Sensitive to habitat change (Gómez Moliner et al. 2001).
Wikipedia: “Distribution”
What it does
Geomalacus oliveirae lives in Portugal in Mediterranean shrubland and on granitic substrate, also under Betula, Pinus and Juniperus trees, below 1300 m. It lives in Spain under Pinus and in olive orchards.
Wikipedia: “Ecology”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1491413.