| Parmacella valenciennii | |
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| A live individual of Parmacella valenciennii, head end towards the right | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Parmacellidae |
| Genus: | Parmacella |
| Species: | P. valenciennii |
| Binomial name | |
| Parmacella valenciennii | |
Parmacella valenciennii is a species of air-breathing land slug, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Parmacellidae.
The distribution of Parmacella valenciennii includes:
The animal is brownish red to brownish olive, with black bands on the mantle. [2] Adult specimens are lighter. [2] The body is sharply keeled in the posterior section. [2] The mantle length in young animals is about 3/4 of the body length. [2] The mantle is rounded in the anterior part and pointed in posterior part. [2] The animal is up to 100 mm long, usually 70–80 mm long and 20 mm in width. [2]
The shell is yellow, triangular, fragile and flat, with 1.5 whorls. [2] The length of the shell is 15 mm, 9 mm in width and 2–3 mm high. [2]
Parmacella valenciennii differs anatomically from all other Parmacella species by a single, characteristically horn-shaped and almost straight accessory atrial appendix. [2]
Parmacella valenciennii lives in stony open habitats, preferring shady and humid sites between plants and stones. [2] The animals move slowly. [2]
There is a high abundance of these animals in the spring; [2] the animals were so abundant that they were formerly used as pig food in southern Portugal. [2]
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