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First record of a population of Hygromia limbata (Draparnaud, 1805) in the Benelux (Gastropoda: Hygromiidae)

Authors: L. Bronne, J. Delcourt
Basteria, 88 (1): 68-75Published:

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A population of the Hedge snail Hygromia limbata was found in eastern Belgium (Lontzen) in March 2023. Live individuals of various age classes, along with numerous empty shells, were found in a residential area including two yards of a building materials shop. With other recent new sightings in the northern portion of its range, this find expands the distribution range of the species northwards. It also increases the list of terrestrial gastropod species of southern European origin settling in the Benelux.

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The green cellar slug Limacus maculatus (Kaleniczenko, 1851) (Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Limacidae) new for the Netherlands

Authors: W. Langeraert, P.G. van de Haar, C.J.P.J. Margry
Basteria, 85 (1): 6-12Published:

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This paper presents the first report of the green cellar slug Limacus maculatus (Kaleniczenko, 1851) from the Netherlands. Suspicions were raised after pictures of several specimens were put on the online data platform Waarneming.nl in November 2020 under the name of L. fl avus (Linnaeus, 1758), a similar species already known from the Netherlands. Further investigation of external and internal components revealed that the specimens indeed belong to L. maculatus. This article describes this first discovery of L. maculatus in the Netherlands and provides a thorough discussion of the anatomical characteristics.

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