''Geomalacus'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...
of large air-breathing land
slugs,
terrestrial
Terrestrial refers to things related to land or the planet Earth.
Terrestrial may also refer to:
* Terrestrial animal, an animal that lives on land opposed to living in water, or sometimes an animal that lives on or near the ground, as opposed to ...
pulmonate gastropod mollusk
Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 85,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized. The number of fossil species is es ...
s in the family
Arionidae
Arionidae, common name the "roundback slugs" or "round back slugs" are a taxonomic family of air-breathing land slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Arionoidea.
Distribution
The distribution of this family of ...
, the roundback slugs.
Etymology
The
Ancient Greek
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word () means the Earth. The Greek word () means
mollusc.
Distribution
Western Europe
Species
This genus contains the following species:
subgenus ''
Geomalacus''
* ''
Geomalacus maculosus
The Kerry slug or Kerry spotted slug (''Geomalacus maculosus'') is a species of terrestrial, pulmonate, gastropod mollusc. It is a medium-to-large sized, air-breathing land slug in the family of roundback slugs, Arionidae.
Adult Kerry slug ...
'' Allman, 1843 -
Kerry slug
subgenus ''
Arrudia''
Pollonera, 1890
[ Pollonera C. (1890) ''Boll. Mus. Zool. Comp. Torino'', 5, no. 87, 36.]
* ''
Geomalacus anguiformis
''Geomalacus anguiformis'' is a species of air-breathing land slug, a terrestrial animal, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Arionidae, the round back slugs.
Distribution
This species occurs in south List of non-marine mollus ...
'' (Morelet, 1845)
* ''
Geomalacus malagensis
''Geomalacus malagensis'' is a species of air-breathing land slug, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Arionidae, the round back slugs.
Distribution
Distribution of ''Geomalacus malagensis'' include southern Spain and Gi ...
'' Wiktor & Norris, 1991
*::known by some as ''Geomalacus moreleti'' (Hesse, 1884)
* ''
Geomalacus oliveirae
''Geomalacus oliveirae'' is a species of air-breathing land slug, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Arionidae, the round back slugs.
Distribution
Distribution of ''Geomalacus oliveirae'' include:
* Portugal (Beira Alta)
* ...
'' Simroth, 1891
Description
Animal