Terrestrial slugs (Gastropoda, Pulmonata) in the NATURA 2000 areas of Cyprus island

By

Vardinoyannis, Katerina
Demetropoulos, Simon
Mylonas, Moissis
Triantis, Kostas A., 1976-
Makris, Christodoulos
Georgiou, Gabriel
Wiktor, Andrzej
Demetropoulos, Andreas

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2012

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

174

Pages

63-77

Subjects

Agriolimacidae , Distribution , East Mediterranean , Limacidae , Milacidae

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.174.2474

 

Abstract

Terrestrial slugs of the Island of Cyprus were recently studied in the framework of a study of the whole terrestrial malacofauna of the island. The present work was carried out in the Natura 2000 conservation areas of the island in 155 sampling sites over three years (2004–2007). Museum collections as well as literature references were included. In total six species are present in the Natura 2000 areas of the island, belonging to three families: Limacidae, Agriolimacidae and Milacidae. One of the species, Milax riedeli, is a new record for the island. The distribution of the species across the island and in the surrounding areas is discussed.