title: Sarasinula marginata
text: # 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.
  
  