Biology:Veronicella tenax

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Short description: Species of gastropod


Veronicella tenax
NE
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
Species:
V. tenax
Binomial name
Veronicella tenax
Baker, 1931[1]
Synonyms[3]
  • Veronicella (Tenacipes) tenax Baker, 1931
  • Vaginula tenax
  • Veronicella tenax
  • Filicaulis (Tenacipes) sp.[2]
  • Filicaulis (Tenacipes) tenax (Baker, 1931)

Veronicella tenax, common Cuban name is the steak slug, is a species of air-breathing land slug, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Veronicellidae, the leatherleaf slugs.

Distribution

  • Cuba[3] - endemic

References

  1. ↑ Baker H. B. (1931). "Notes on West Indian Veronicellidae". The Nautilus 44(4): 134-138.
  2. ↑ Espinosa et al. (1994): 116.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Maceira D. F. (2003). "Las especies de la familia Veronicellidae (Mollusca, Soleolifera) en Cuba". Revista de Biología Tropical 51(3): 453-461. PDF . 
 Wikidata ☰ Q7922488 entry



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