Sarasinula marginata
# Sarasinula marginata

Sarasinula marginata is a species of air-breathing land slug, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Veronicellidae, the leatherleaf slugs.

## Description

Sarasinula marginata is superficially very similar to Sarasinula plebeia, however it can be distinguished from that species by minor differences in the male genitalia.

## Distribution

Sarasinula marginata is found in countries and islands including:

* Dominica. First reported in 2009.
* Guadeloupe
* Brazil, (Paraiba to Rio Grande do Sul)
* Peru
* Colombia

## Ecology

This species was found in a dasheen (Colocasia esculenta) field in the Caribbean island of Dominica. It appears to be a minor pest in the agriculture of Dominica.

