Sarasinula marginata

Sarasinula marginata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata clade Eupulmonata clade Systellommatophora
Superfamily:	Veronicelloidea
Family:	Veronicellidae
Genus:	Sarasinula
Species:	S. marginata
Binomial name
Sarasinula marginata (Semper, 1885)

Sarasinula marginata is a species of air-breathing land slug, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Veronicellidae, the leatherleaf slugs.

Description

Sarasinula marginata is superficially very similar to Sarasinula plebeia, however it can be distinguished from that species by minor differences in the male genitalia.^[1]

Distribution

Sarasinula marginata is found in countries and islands including:

• Dominica. First reported in 2009.^[1]
• Guadeloupe^[1]
• Brazil, (Paraiba to Rio Grande do Sul)^[1]
• Peru^[1]
• Colombia^[1]

Ecology

This species was found in a dasheen (Colocasia esculenta) field in the Caribbean island of Dominica.^[1] It appears to be a minor pest in the agriculture of Dominica.^[1]

References

This article incorporates CC-BY-3.0 text from the reference ^[1].

1. ^ ^{a b c d e f g h i} Robinson D. G., Hovestadt A., Fields A. & Breure A. S. H. (July 2009). "The land Mollusca of Dominica (Lesser Antilles), with notes on some enigmatic or rare species". Zoologische Mededelingen 83 http://www.zoologischemededelingen.nl/83/nr03/a13