Parmacella tenerifensis
| Parmacella tenerifensis | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata clade Eupulmonata clade Stylommatophora informal group Sigmurethra clade limacoid clade |
| Superfamily: | Parmacelloidea |
| Family: | Parmacellidae |
| Genus: | Parmacella |
| Species: | P. tenerifensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Parmacella tenerifensis Alonso, Ibanez & Diaz, 1985[2] | |
Parmacella tenerifensis is a species of air-breathing land slug, a shell-less terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Parmacellidae.
This slug is listed as endangered species in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species,[1] but it is listed as Vulnerable species in the Red Book of Invertebrates of Spain.[3]
Description
This species is brown in color.
Distribution
This species is endemic to the area east of San Cristóbal de La Laguna in Tenerife, Canary Islands.[3]
Ecology
This species inhabits ruderal biotopes.[3]
References
- 1 2 Alonso R. & Ibanez M. (1996) Parmacella tenerifensis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Archived June 27, 2014, at the Wayback Machine. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.
- ↑ Alonso M. R., Ibáñez M. & Diaz J. A. (1985). "A new slug from the Canary Islands (Pulmonata: Parmacellidae)". Archiv für Molluskenkunde 116(1/3): 57-65.
- 1 2 3 Ibáñez M. & Alonso M. R. (2005) "Parmacella tenerifensis Alonso, Ibáñez y Díaz, 1985". page 397. In: Verdú J. R. & Galante E. (eds.) (2005). Libro Rojo de los Invertebrados de España [Red Book of Invertebrates of Spain]. Dirección General de Conservación de la Naturaleza, Madrid.
Further reading
- Alonso M. R., Ibáñez M., Valido M. J., Ponte-Lira C. E. & Henriquez F. C. (1991) (1988). "Catalogación de la malacofauna terrestre endémica de Canarias, con vistas a su protección. Isla de Tenerife". Iberus 8(2): 121-128.
- Diaz J. A., Alonso M. R. & Ibáñez M. (1986). "Los pulmonados desnudos de las Islas Canarias. I. Superfamilias Testacelloidea Gray 1840 y Zonitoidea Morch 1864". Vieraea 16: 81-96. La Laguna.
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