Veronicella portoricensis
Veronicella portoricensis | |
---|---|
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Order: | Systellommatophora |
Family: | Veronicellidae |
Genus: | Veronicella |
Species: | V. portoricensis |
Binomial name | |
Veronicella portoricensis | |
Synonyms[2] | |
Vaginula portoricensis Semper, 1886 |
Veronicella portoricensis is a species of air-breathing land slug, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Veronicellidae, the leatherleaf slugs.
Distribution
[edit]This species occurs in:
- The highland rainforests of Puerto Rico[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Semper C. (1886). "Reisen im Archipel der Philippinen". 2(3). Land Mollusken, 291-237, pl. 24-27.
- ^ a b (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.