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1. PaDIL Species Factsheet Scientific Name: Lehmannia nyctelia (Bourguignat, 1861) (Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Limacidae: Limacinae) Common Name Bourguignat's slug Live link: http://www.padil.gov.au/maf-border/Pest/Main/140724 Image Library New Zealand Biosecurity Live link: http://www.padil.gov.au/maf-border/ Partners for New Zealand Biosecurity image library Landcare Research — Manaaki Whenua http://www.landcareresearch.co.nz/ MPI (Ministry for Primary Industries) http://www.biosecurity.govt.nz/ 2. Species Information 2.1. Details Specimen Contact: MAF Plant Health & Environment Laboratory - [email protected] Author: MAF Plant Health & Environment Laboratory Citation: MAF Plant Health & Environment Laboratory (2011) Bourguignat's slug(Lehmannia nyctelia) Updated on 4/10/2014 Available online: PaDIL - http://www.padil.gov.au Image Use: Free for use under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY- NC 4.0) 2.2. URL Live link: http://www.padil.gov.au/maf-border/Pest/Main/140724 2.3. Facets Commodity Overview: Horticulture Commodity Type: Banana Groups: Slugs Status: NZ - Exotic Pest Status: 0 Unknown Distribution: 0 Unknown Host Family: 0 Unknown 2.4. Other Names Limax nyctelius Bourguignat, 1861 2.5. Diagnostic Notes **Adult** Length 40-60 mm. Mantle about 0.35 of body length. Body pale greyish yellow to greyish brown, overprinted with brown or black bands; mantle shield with lateral bands and a diffuse central band; back with 1 or 2 pairs of more-or-less visible lateral bands. Sole uniformly creamy-grey. Genital orifice immediately posterior to right ocular peduncle. Shell white and irridescent, oblong-oval, up to 7x4.8 mm. Dorsal surface convex, with distinct growth lines. Ventral surface concave. Vestigal protoconch near posterior margin, usually not protruding, situated centrally or asymmetrically at the left. Organic sheet surrounding the shell, usually extending well beyond calcified part. Jaw 1.8-2.0 mm wide, with a medial projection and transversely scored with fine striate. Radula with about 106 transverse rows of teeth, each with a formula varying around 43+30+C+30+43. Central tooth tricuspid, with mesocone prominent, flanked on either side by small ectocones. First lateral teeth tricuspid, with prominent mesocone flanked by small but well defined endocone and ectocone. Mesocone progressively more slender and elongate on lateral teeth, without accessory cusps, and then on marginal teeth shorter and serrate-edged. Phallus cylindrical, elongate, lacking an appendix. **References** - Barker, G.M. (1999). _Naturalised terrestrial Stylommatophora (Mollusca: Gastropoda)_. Fauna of New Zealand 38. Manaaki Whenua Press, Lincoln, 253 pp. 2.6. References - Barker, G.M. (1999). _Naturalised terrestrial Stylommatophora (Mollusca: Gastropoda)_. Fauna of New Zealand 38. Manaaki Whenua Press, Lincoln, 253 pp. 3. Diagnostic Images GAS15 GAS15 Dorsal - Adult: Caroline Harding MAF Lateral - Adult: Caroline Harding MAF Results Generated: Tuesday, September 28, 2021 .

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