Cystopelta purpurea

2 Seaview, VIC

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Identification history

	Cystopelta purpurea	15 Apr 2024	trevorpreston
	Limax maximus	14 Apr 2024	Petesteamer

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Significant sighting

trevorpreston noted:

15 Apr 2024

This is the first sighting of this native slug on NatureMapr.

User's notes

Questionable species: Mount Worth State Park protects a remnant of the forests that once covered the western Strzelecki Ranges. Tall wet forests and tree ferns flourish in sheltered gullies. Regrowth of the area has occurred after logging in the 1920-40 period. Dense undergrowth is extensive.

3 comments

Michael123 wrote:

15 Apr 2024

Cystopelta purpurea Family Cystopeltidae. Native slug.

Michael123 wrote:

15 Apr 2024

Petesteamer wrote:

15 Apr 2024

Thanks for that, PeteJ

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Location information

Coordinates 146.004219 -38.282391
Places Seaview, VIC

Sighting information

1 - 3 Abundance
25 Nov 2020 10:26 AM Recorded on
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Species information

Cystopelta purpurea Scientific name
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Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
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