Published February 27, 2026 | Version v1
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Ambigolimax Pollonera 1887

  • 1. Laboratoire de Production, sauvegarde des espèces menacées et des récoltes, Influence des variations climatiques, Mouloud Mammeri University, Tizi-Ouzou, Algeria
  • 2. Via del Giubileo Magno 93, 90015 Cefalù, Italy
  • 3. Department of Biomolecular Sciences, University of Urbino Carlo Bo, Via Maggetti 22, 61029, Urbino, Italy

Description

Genus

AmbigolimaxPollonera, 1887

Diagnosis.

Body length ≤ 80 mm; mantle not more than 1 / 3 of body length; pneumostome postmedial; keel short, ill-defined; shell oval, nail-like, varying in degree of calcification, with lateral nucleus; penis short ≤ 2 / 3 of mantle, with or without an undivided appendix, inside the penis are one or two folds; bursa copulatrix connected with penis; prostatic gland fused to oviduct for the gland’s entire length.

Notes

Published as part of Ramdini, Ramdane, Liberto, Fabio, Sadouk, Ghania, Gregorini, Armando & Colomba, Mariastella, 2026, Contributions to the knowledge of slugs and semi-slugs (Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Stylommatophora) from Algeria, pp. 307-348 in ZooKeys 1270 on pages 307-348, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1270.156458

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