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Cape Blackslug
Ariopelta capensis
Ariopelta capensis is a species of air-breathing land slug, a terrestrial, pulmonate, gastropod mollusc in the family Oopeltidae.
Ariopelta capensis is the type species of the genus Ariopelta.
From the article Ariopelta capensis on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
What it does
Ariopelta capensis serves as the second intermediate host for a parasite, the brachylaimid trematode Renylaima capensis. Unencysted metacercariae, usually brevicaudate, infect the kidney of Ariopelta capensis and differ from mature cercariae by only a slightly greater size.
Wikipedia: “Ecology”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
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Every page naming Ariopelta capensis in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 651350.