Ambigolimax valentianus

Ambigolimax valentianus
	Three Ambigolimax valentianus from a compost barrel in Queens, NYC, US, in 2011
	A pale individual of Ambigolimax valentianus from Japan
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Heterobranchia
Order:	Stylommatophora
Superfamily:	Limacoidea
Family:	Limacidae
Genus:	Ambigolimax
Species:	A. nyctelius
Binomial name
	Ambigolimax nyctelius; (Férussac, 1822)

Ambigolimax valentianus (also known as Lehmannia valentiana) is a species of air-breathing land slug, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Limacidae.

Distribution

This species has been introduced widely around the world^[2] including in:

Two views of an internal shell of Ambigolimax valentianus

^ Férussac, A. E. J. P. J. F. d'Audebard de [1821-1822]. Tableaux systématiques des animaux mollusques classés en familles naturelles, dans lesquels on a établi la concordance de tous les systèmes; suivis d'un prodrome général pour tous les mollusques terrestres ou fluviatiles, vivants ou fossiles. pp. j-xlvij [= 1-47], [1], 1-110, [1]. Paris, Londres. (Bertrand, Sowerby).
^ Waldén, H.W. (1961). "On the variation, nomenclature, distribution and taxonomical position of Limax (Lehmannia) valentianus Férussac (Gastropoda, Pulmonata)". Arkiv för Zoologi. 15: 71–95.
^ Wiktor A., De-niu C. & Wu M. (2000). "Stylommatophoran slugs of China (Gastropoda: Pulmonata) – prodromus". Folia Malacologica 8(1): 3-35.

Species summary for Lehmannia valentiana at Animalbase: taxonomy, short description, distribution, biology, status (threats), images
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