Veronicella

Veronicella
Veronicella sloanei
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Systellommatophora

Superfamily: Veronicelloidea
Family: Veronicellidae
Genus: Veronicella
de Blainville, 1817[1]

Veronicella is a genus of tropical air-breathing land slugs in the family Veronicellidae, the leatherleaf slugs.

V. cubensis and V. sloanii are known as agricultural pests.[2]

Species

Species within the genus Veronicella include:

Gallery

References

  1. de Blainville, H. M. D. (1817). J. de Physique 85: 440.
  2. 1 2 3 Robinson, D. G., et al. (2009). The land Mollusca of Dominica (Lesser Antilles), with notes on some enigmatic or rare species.] Zoologische Mededelingen 83(13), 615-50.
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