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Geomalacus

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Geomalacus is a genus of large air-breathing land slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Arionidae, the roundback slugs.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumMollusca
  3. ClassGastropoda
  4. OrderStylommatophora
  5. FamilyArionidae

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Specimen records
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Family
Arionidae
Collections
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Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Arionidae
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taxon name
Geomalacus
taxon rank
genus
Commons category
Geomalacus
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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents
  • Etymology
  • Distribution
  • Species
  • Description
  • References
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Geomalacus is a genus of large air-breathing land slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Arionidae, the roundback slugs.

== Etymology == The Ancient Greek word () means the Earth. The Greek word () means mollusc.

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