Parakontikia ventrolineata (Dendy, 1892)
(a land flatworm)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesParakontikia ventrolineata (a land flatworm)
SubfamilyRHYNCHODEMINAE (a subfamily of land flatworms)
FamilyGEOPLANIDAE (many-eyed land flatworms)
SuperfamilyGEOPLANOIDEA (a superfamily of flatworms)
SuborderCONTINENTICOLA (a suborder of flatworms)
OrderTRICLADIDA
ClassRHABDITOPHORA (a class of flatworms)
PhylumPLATYHELMINTHES (flatworms, tapeworms, flukes)
SuperphylumPROTOSTOMIA (protostomes)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Parakontikia ventrolineata (a land flatworm) :
1: Parakontikia ventrolineata (a land flatworm)
8 Jan 2017 OSGR: SU00 50° 50’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
emerged from moss raked off lawn
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Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Buglife 2019 Non-native Land flatworms https://cdn.buglife.org.uk/2019/07/UK-land-flatworms-complete_0.pdf
in the field() Wade, M., Ames, V. & McKee, K. Kontikia flatworms

Parakontikia ventrolineata (a land flatworm) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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