''Tandonia'' is a

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of air-breathing,

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ed, land slugs. These are shell-less

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gastropod

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s in the family Milacidae.

Distribution

The distribution of the genus ''Tandonia'' includes Europe to North Africa and Asia Minor. The largest number of species are in the southern

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Description

The slug's body is elongate, up to 100 mm in length, and usually with almost parallel sides. The posterior par is abruptly narrowed, the keel usually low and is restricted to the last section of the dorsum in some species, reaching the mantle margin in others.

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: The penis is usually short, the

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is long. The retractor penis inserts at the boundary between the penis and epiphallus. The vas deferens of specific length opens into the posterior end of the epiphallus. The vaginal accessory glands (usually more than one) are of specific shapes, and are connected by ducts to the vagina or to the point where the vagina enters the atrium. The atrium is small and tubular, with no stimulator inside.

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are of specific size, the spermathecal duct can be longer or shorter than the spermatheca.

Species

Within the genus ''Tandonia'' there are the following 29 species:"Species in genus ''Tandonia''"
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, accessed 26 August 2010. * '' Tandonia albanica'' (Soós, 1924) * '' Tandonia baldensis'' (Simroth, 1910) * '' Tandonia bosnensis'' Wiktor, 1986 * '' Tandonia budapestensis'' (Hazay, 1880) * '' Tandonia cavicola'' (Simroth, 1916) * '' Tandonia cretica'' (Simroth, 1885) * '' Tandonia cristata'' (Kaleniczenko, 1851) * '' Tandonia croatica'' (Wagner, 1929) * '' Tandonia dalmatina'' (Simroth, 1900) * '' Tandonia ehrmanni'' (Simroth, 1910) * '' Tandonia fejervaryi'' (Wagner, 1929) * '' Tandonia jablanacensis'' (Wagner, 1930) * '' Tandonia kusceri'' (Wagner, 1931) * '' Tandonia lagostana'' (Wagner, 1940) * '' Tandonia macedonica'' (Rähle, 1974) * '' Tandonia melanica'' Wiktor, 1986 * '' Tandonia nigra'' (Pfeiffer, 1894) * '' Tandonia pageti'' (Forcart, 1972) * '' Tandonia pinteri'' (Wiktor, 1975) * '' Tandonia piriniana'' Wiktor, 1983 * '' Tandonia rara'' Wiktor, 1996 * '' Tandonia retowskii'' (Böttger, 1882) * '' Tandonia reuleauxi'' (Clessin, 1887) * '' Tandonia robici'' (Simroth, 1885) * '' Tandonia rustica'' (Millet, 1843) - type species * '' Tandonia samsunensis'' (Forcart, 1942) * '' Tandonia serbica'' (Wagner, 1931) * '' Tandonia sowerbyi'' (Férussac, 1823) * '' Tandonia totevi'' (Wiktor, 1975)

References

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"Genus summary for ''Tandonia''"

, last modified 23 May 2010, accessed 26 August 2010. {{Taxonbar, from=Q147313 Milacidae Taxonomy articles created by Polbot