E-Fauna BC Home

Lehmannia valentiana (Férussac in Férussac & Deshayes, 1822)
Threeband Gardenslug
Family: Limacidae
Species account author: Robert Forsyth.
Introduction to the Land Snails of BC

Photograph

© Kristiina Ovaska     (Photo ID #2597)

Map

E-Fauna BC Static Map

Distribution of Lehmannia valentiana in British Columbia in British Columbia

Species Information

A medium-sized slug; yellow-grey to pale yellow-violet, with one dark band on each side; mantle with 2 bands and a fingerprint-like pattern of ridges; keel at end of tail only.

Habitat


Gardens; disturbed sites

Distribution


Global range

SW Europe

BC range Introduced; Greater Victoria region, Gulf Islands.

Notes


Etymology

Genus named for German malacologist Rudolph Lehmann (1812–71). The gender is feminine. Species named after Valencia, Spain.

Status Information

Origin StatusProvincial StatusBC List
(Red Blue List)		COSEWIC
ExoticSNAExoticNot Listed



BC Ministry of Environment: BC Species and Ecosystems Explorer--the authoritative source for conservation information in British Columbia.

Additional Range and Status Information Links

NatureServe Explorer

General References

Google Scholar Search

© 2014 E-Fauna BC  Contact us