Tandonia sowerbyi | |
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Drawings of Tandonia sowerbyi, contracted (left) and active (right) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
Order: | Stylommatophora |
Family: | Milacidae |
Genus: | Tandonia |
Species: | T. sowerbyi
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Binomial name | |
Tandonia sowerbyi (
Férussac, 1823)
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Tandonia sowerbyi is a species of air-breathing, keeled, land slug, a shell-less terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Milacidae. [1] [2] [3]
This is a keeled slug attained 80 mm (3.1 in) in length. [3]
This slug occurs in open habitats such as grasslands and shrublands; it can be abundant in arable land and gardens. [1]
This slug is native to Europe, likely originally only to Greece. [1] It is now widespread in southeastern and Atlantic Europe: [1]
It is also present in: [1]
This species has not yet become established in the USA, but it is considered to represent a potentially serious threat as a pest, an invasive species which could negatively affect agriculture, natural ecosystems, human health or commerce. Therefore it has been suggested that this species be given top national quarantine significance in the USA. [4]
Tandonia sowerbyi | |
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Drawings of Tandonia sowerbyi, contracted (left) and active (right) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
Order: | Stylommatophora |
Family: | Milacidae |
Genus: | Tandonia |
Species: | T. sowerbyi
|
Binomial name | |
Tandonia sowerbyi (
Férussac, 1823)
|
Tandonia sowerbyi is a species of air-breathing, keeled, land slug, a shell-less terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Milacidae. [1] [2] [3]
This is a keeled slug attained 80 mm (3.1 in) in length. [3]
This slug occurs in open habitats such as grasslands and shrublands; it can be abundant in arable land and gardens. [1]
This slug is native to Europe, likely originally only to Greece. [1] It is now widespread in southeastern and Atlantic Europe: [1]
It is also present in: [1]
This species has not yet become established in the USA, but it is considered to represent a potentially serious threat as a pest, an invasive species which could negatively affect agriculture, natural ecosystems, human health or commerce. Therefore it has been suggested that this species be given top national quarantine significance in the USA. [4]