Veronicellidae
Template:Short description Template:Automatic taxobox The Veronicellidae, also known by their common name the leatherleaf slugs, are a family of pulmonate terrestrial slugs.
The herbivorous molluscs occur mainly in the tropical and subtropical areas of America, Asia and Africa.
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Description
The dorsal surface of these slugs is entirely covered by the mantle or hyponota. These mollusks have a posterior located anus, eyes on contractile (not retractile) tentacles, and no lung or pulmonary organ. In these aspects they are anatomically distinct from most other types of terrestrial slugs, which typically belong to the order Stylommatophora, and which have a forward located anus, and retractile tentacles.
The closely related members of the family Onchidiidae differ from the Veronicellidae by having a pulmonary sac, or lung.[2][3][4]
Distribution
Members of the family can be found in the Central African Republic, Kenya, Cameroon, tropical West Africa, Mexico,[5] the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Thailand, southern Asia, southern China, Taiwan, Cuba, the Highland Rainforests of Puerto Rico,[6] Florida, Dominica,[7] Hawaii,[8] the islands of the Indian Ocean, Australia, Samoa and Guyana.[9]
Life cycle
Some species of Veronicellidae bear live young.
Genera
The Veronicellidae family has no subfamilies (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).
Genera within the family Veronicellidae include:
- Angustipes Colosi, 1922[10]
- Belocaulus Hoffmann, 1925[11]
- Colosius Thomé, 1975[11]
- Diplosolenodes Thome, 1976[10][11][12]
- Filicaulis Simroth, 1913[13]
- Heterovaginina[11]
- Imerinia Cockerell, 1891
- Laevicaulis Simroth, 1913[10][11]
- Latipes[11]
- Leidyula H. B. Baker, 1925[10][11][12][14]
- Phyllocaulis Colosi, 1922[11][14]
- Potamojanuarius Thomé, 1975
- Sarasinula Grimpe & Hoffmann, 1924[10][11][14]
- Sarasomia[10]
- Simrothula Thomé, 1975[11]
- Simrothula paraensis Gomes, Picanco, Mendes & Thome, 2006[15]
- Vaginula Fischer, 1871[16]
- Vaginulus Férussac, 1829[11]
- Veronicella de Blainville, 1817[10][11] - the type genus
References
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- ↑ Template:In lang Aguayo C. G. (1965). "Sobre el status de Veronicella portoricensis (Mollusca Pulmonata)". Caribbean Journal of Science 5(1-2): 25-28. PDF Script error: No such module "webarchive"..
- ↑ Robinson D. G., Hovestadt A., Fields A. & Breure A. S. H. (July 2009). "The land Mollusca of Dominica (Lesser Antilles), with notes on some enigmatic or rare species". Zoologische Mededelingen 83 http://www.zoologischemededelingen.nl/83/nr03/a13
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- ↑ a b Template:In lang Pérez A. M., Sotelo M., Arana I. & López A. (2008). "Diversidad de moluscos gasterópodos terrestres en la región del Pacífico de Nicaragua y sus preferencias de hábitat". Rev. Biol. Trop. 56(1): 317-332,. PDF
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External links
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- Video of Veronicellid slug of Laos
- Terrestrial Slugs of Florida on the UF / IFAS Featured Creatures Web site
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