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The red triangle slug (Triboniophorus graeffei) is a species of large air-breathing land slug, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Athoracophoridae, the leaf-veined slugs. This large (up to 15 centimetres (5.9 in)), often colorful and striking-looking species is found in eastern Australia. It is Australia's largest native ...
Triboniophorus graeffei Humbert, 1863 – the red triangle slug – type species [4] Triboniophorus sp. nov. 'Kaputar', a fluorescent pink species, also known as Triboniophorus aff. graeffei; incertae sedis Triboniophorus insularis (Grimpe & Hoffmann, 1925) Triboniophorus brisbanensis Pfeiffer, 1900: [2] Synonym of Triboniophorus graeffei ...
File:Red Triangle Slug, Watagans National Park, Olney, NSW, AU imported from iNaturalist photo 338708566.jpg
Sam Ballard, 28, from Sydney, Australia, died eight years after he ate a garden slug for a dare.
At night, they come out and climb the tree to eat algae and mosses growing on the tree trunk. [2] The slugs climb down the tree trunk in the early morning to hide and repeat the cycle. [2] In the ecosystem, the slugs break down the plant litter into nutrient-rich soil to promote plant growth. [2] They also serve as food for birds and other ...
Athoracophoridae, common name the leaf-veined slugs, are a family of air-breathing land slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the order Stylommatophora, the stalk-eyed snails and slugs. Many of the species have an attractive pattern on their dorsal surface which resembles the veins in a leaf , hence the common name.
[2] The following five species were confused: [1] Letourneuxia nyctelia (family Arionidae) is the slug originally described. Until 2022 it was mostly known as Letourneuxia numidica; [3] Ambigolimax waterstoni is believed native in Algeria but has been reported also from South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Elba and some Scottish botanic ...
Ambigolimax valentianus (also known as Lehmannia valentiana) is a species of terrestrial slug, a pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Limacidae. [6]It has spread very widely around the world, especially in greenhouses, where it can be a pest; in warmer climates it has often then spread outdoors.