Sarasinula marginata
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| Species: | S. marginata
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| Sarasinula marginata (Semper, 1885)
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Sarasinula marginata is a species of air-breathing land slug, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Veronicellidae, the leatherleaf slugs.
Description
[edit]Sarasinula marginata is superficially very similar to Sarasinula plebeia, however it can be distinguished from that species by minor differences in the male genitalia.[1]
Distribution
[edit]Sarasinula marginata is found in countries and islands including:
- Dominica. First reported in 2009.[1]
- Guadeloupe[1]
- Brazil, (Paraiba to Rio Grande do Sul)[1]
- Peru[1]
- Colombia[1]
Ecology
[edit]This species was found in a dasheen (Colocasia esculenta) field in the Caribbean island of Dominica.[1] It appears to be a minor pest in the agriculture of Dominica.[1]
References
[edit]This article incorporates CC-BY-3.0 text from the reference.[1]