高突足襞蛞蝓

简述

本物种是一种有着圆圆、深色的身体，没有外壳的蛞蝓。长约7到8厘米。它的皮肤有轻微结节状。中央龙骨是彩色米色。
这蛞蝓有一个独特的，非常窄脚;少年标本有脚1毫米宽和成人标本有脚的宽度仅为4或5毫米。
触角是小的，2或3毫米长，并且它们很少延伸超过罩的边缘。
Laevicaulis alte is a round, dark-coloured slug with no shell, 7 or 8 cm long. Its skin is slightly tuberculated. The central keel is beige in colour.
This slug has a unique, very narrow foot; juvenile specimens have a foot 1 mm wide and adult specimens have a foot that is only 4 or 5 mm wide.
The tentacles are small, 2 or 3 mm long, and they are only rarely extended beyond the edge of the mantle.

寄生物

本蛞蝓是广东住血线虫（Angiostrongylus cantonensis）的中间宿主，可引起广州管圆线虫病。

捕食者

本物种会被虎纹蛙（Rana tigrina）猎食，从而亦成为了广东住血线虫（Angiostrongylus cantonensis）的中间宿主。

Habitat

This species lives in dry areas, mostly at lower altitudes.

Life cycle

This slug hatches from eggs. This species has several adaptations for living in dry conditions: a rounded shape with as small as possible surface area, and a narrow foot to reduce evaporation.
Juvenile specimens search for food nearly always at night, and stay buried in the soil during the day. Larger specimens are active during the day sometimes. This slug can grow up from 0.5 cm to approximately 4 cm in length in 7 months.