Veronicella portoricensis

Veronicella portoricensis is a species of air-breathing land slug, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Veronicellidae, the leatherleaf slugs.

Veronicella portoricensis
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. portoricensis
Binomial name
Veronicella portoricensis
(Semper, 1885)[1]
Synonyms[2]

Vaginula portoricensis Semper, 1886
Vaginulus portoricenis Semper, 1886
Belocaulus portoricensis
?Vaginilus kraussii
Veronicella (Leidyula) krausii

Distribution

This species occurs in:

References
  1. Semper C. (1886). "Reisen im Archipel der Philippinen". 2(3). Land Mollusken, 291-237, pl. 24-27.
  2. (in Spanish) Aguayo C. G. (1965). "Sobre el status de Veronicella portoricensis (Mollusca Pulmonata)". Caribbean Journal of Science 5(1-2): 25-28. PDF Archived October 1, 2011, at the Wayback Machine.


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