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Vaginula

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Vaginula
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Systellommatophora
Superfamily:
Veronicelloidea
Family:
Veronicellidae
Genus:
Vaginula

Vaginula is a genus of air-breathing land slugs,[1] terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Veronicellidae, the leatherleaf slugs.

Distribution

These land slugs occur in:

  • Cuba
  • Seychelles (e.g. in Vallée De Mai on Lodoicea)

Species

Species within the genus Vaginula include:

  • Vaginula cubensis
  • Vaginula maculata
  • Vaginula occidentalis
  • Vaginula rodericensis
  • Vaginula variegatula
  • Vaginula seychellensis [2]

References

  1. ^ Maceira F., David (2003). "Las especies de la familia Veronicellidae (Mollusca, Soleolifera) en Cuba" (PDF). Rev. Biol. Trop. 51 (3): 453–461. Retrieved 2 November 2012.
  2. ^ "Vaginula seychellensis". www.safari-afrika.de. Retrieved 2016-04-04.
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