Ambigolimax nyctelius

Ambigolimax nyctelius
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Stylommatophora
Superfamily:	Limacoidea
Family:	Limacidae
Genus:	Ambigolimax
Species:	A. nyctelius
Binomial name
	Ambigolimax nyctelius; (Bourguignat, 1861)
Synonyms
	Limax nyctelius Bourguignat, 1861; Lehmannia nyctelia (Bourguignat, 1861); Limax legrandi Tate, 1881; Agriolimax (Malacolimax) kervillei Germain, 1907;

Ambigolimax nyctelius, also known as the Balkan threeband slug, is a species of air-breathing land slug, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the keelback slug family.

Description[]

The slug is 25–55 mm in length. It is brown to orange-brown in colour, with two parallel black bands along the body. It has a keeled tail.^[1]

Distribution and habitat[]

The slug may be native to the Mediterranean region, but has also been introduced widely elsewhere.^[1]

References[]

^ ^a ^b Hyman, Isabel; Köhler, Frank (2020). A Field Guide to the Land Snails of Lord Howe Island. Sydney: Australian Museum. ISBN 978-0-9750476-8-2.

MolluscaBase eds (2021). "Ambigolimax nyctelius (Bourguignat, 1861)". MolluscaBase. Flanders Marine Institute. Retrieved 2021-08-19. {{cite web}}: |author= has generic name (help)

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[h&k-1] Hyman, Isabel; Köhler, Frank (2020). A Field Guide to the Land Snails of Lord Howe Island. Sydney: Australian Museum. ISBN 978-0-9750476-8-2.

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Taxon identifiers
Ambigolimax nyctelius	Wikidata: Q106265555 GBIF: 9552614 iNaturalist: 452407 IUCN: 171073 NBN: NHMSYS0021009888 WoRMS: 1002614
Limax nyctelius	Wikidata: Q3739796 GBIF: 2295437 iNaturalist: 223676 IRMNG: 11326920 ITIS: 77312 WoRMS: 1353987