Mesolimax brauni Pollonera, 1888
Biology:
Poorly known. Sometimes seems like a synanthrope. Often abundant, but most crawling slugs are juvenile. Adults may live more hidden; they are rare throughout all seasons.
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Mesolimax brauni Pollonera, 1888
Mesolimax brauni Pollonera, 1888
Conservation status:Fairly common species in SW Turkey (Schütt 2010).
Size:Body length up to 55 mm, width 16-18 mm, mantle length 8 mm; to >60 mm long extended; 15 mm wide contracted; can be mature at 35-40 mm long (Schütt 2010).
Distribution:Aegean islands from Karpathos and Rodos to Lesvos (Greece) and adjacent Turkish mainland between Izmir and Silifke.
Type Locality: Turkey: "Asia Minor".
Habitat:Pine forest (Wiktor et al. 1994); near riverbanks, the ocean, and human habitations; under rocks and leaf litter or in rock crevices (Yildirim & Kebapçi 2004).