Geomalacus
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| Geomalacus | |
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| drawing of Geomalacus maculosus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Arionidae |
| Genus: | Geomalacus Allman, 1843[1] |
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Geomalacus is a genus of large air-breathing land slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Arionidae, the roundback slugs.
The Ancient Greek word geo (γη) means the Earth. The Greek word malacus (μαλαχὀς) means mollusc.
Distribution
Western Europe
Species
This genus contains the following species:[3][4]
subgenus Geomalacus
- Geomalacus maculosus Allman, 1843 - Kerry slug
subgenus Arrudia Pollonera, 1890[5]
- Geomalacus anguiformis (Morelet, 1845)
- Geomalacus malagensis Wiktor & Norris, 1991
- known by some as Geomalacus moreleti (Hesse, 1884)[6]
- Geomalacus oliveirae Simroth, 1891