Published February 27, 2026 | Version v1
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(Testacella) Lamarck 1801

  • 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

Subgenus

TestacellaLamarck, 1801

Diagnosis.

Body wide, rather flat (length ≤ 45 mm, width 10–15 mm) with two evident dorsal grooves, orange-brown (Fig. 40); shell Haliotis - like, reduced, and rather thick, external, and situated near the posterior end of the body (Fig. 41).

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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