Deroceras laeve

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Deroceras laeve
Conservation status
NE
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Pulmonata
Family: Agriolimacidae
Genus: Deroceras
Species: D. laeve
Binomial name
Deroceras laeve
(O. F. Müller, 1774)

Deroceras laeve, the marsh slug, is a species of small air-breathing land slug, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Agriolimacidae.

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[edit] Description

The body of this slug is translucent. Its color is light or dark brown. It is much darker than other Deroceras species in central Europe.

[edit] Distribution

Europe including the British Isles. Also has been accidentally introduced to north Asia and North America.

  • Not listed in IUCN red list - not evaluated (NE) [1]
  • The Czech Republic - least concern (LC) [2]
  • Netherlands [3]
  • ...

Biotope: moist biotopes.

[edit] References

  1. ^ 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Cited 2 March 2007.
  2. ^ Juřičková L., Horsák M. & Beran L., 2001: Check-list of the molluscs (Mollusca) of the Czech Republic. Acta Soc. Zool. Bohem., 65: 25-40.
  3. ^ http://www.anemoon.org/anm/voorlopige-kaarten/landmollusken/wetenschappelijk/deroceras-laeve/
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