Parmacella tenerifensis explained

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.

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.^[2]

Ecology

This species inhabits ruderal biotopes.^[2]

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.

Notes and References

1. Groh, K. . 2017 . Drusia tenerifensis . 2017 . e.T16247A85575700 . 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T16247A85575700.en . 16 November 2021.
2. 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.