Name
Parmacella
slag
Framing
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Infraclass: Pulmonata
Order: Stylomatophora
Genus: Parmacella
Habitat
Terrestrial, ground-dwelling, epigean. Under the stones (possibly). Related to vegetation in humid environments.
Feeding
Phytophagous
Distribution
The most abundant Iberian endemism in the western half of the Peninsula.
Conservation status
No conservation problems
Additional information
Large, brownish-orange slug with greenish mottled spots. Well-developed inner shell.
Additional information
Bibliography
- Alonso, M. R. & Ibáñez, M. (1981) Estudio de Parmacella valenciennesii Webb & Van Beneden, 1836, y consideraciones sobre la posición sistemática de la familia Parmacellidae (Mollusca, Pulmonata, Stylommatophora). Bolletí de la Societat d'Història Natural de les Balears, 25: 103-121. Disponible en: http://ibdigital.uib.es/greenstone/collect/bolletiHistoriaNatural/index/assoc/Bolleti_/1981v025/p103.dir/Bolleti_1981v025p103.pdf
- Martínez-Ortí, A. & Borredà (2012) New systematics of Parmacellidae P. Fischer 1856 (Gastropoda, Pulmonata), with the recovery of the genus-name Drusia Gray 1855 and the description of Escutiella subgen. nov. Journal of Conchology, 41(1):1-18. Disponible en:
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/249991860_New_systematics_of_Parmacellidae_P_Fischer_1856_Gastropoda_Pulmonata_with_the_recovery_of_the_genus-name_Drusia_Gray_1855_and_the_description_of_Escutiella_subgen_nov
- South, A. (1992) Terrestrial slugs. Biology, ecology and control. Chapman & hall, London. 428 pp.