''Laevicaulis'' is a
taxonomic
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A taxonomy (or taxonomical classification) is a scheme of classification, especially a hierarchical classification, in which things are organized into groups or types. ...
genus of air-breathing, tropical land
slug
Slug, or land slug, is a common name for any apparently shell-less terrestrial gastropod mollusc. The word ''slug'' is also often used as part of the common name of any gastropod mollusc that has no shell, a very reduced shell, or only a smal ...
s,
terrestrial pulmonate
Pulmonata or pulmonates, is an informal group (previously an order, and before that a subclass) of snails and slugs characterized by the ability to breathe air, by virtue of having a pallial lung instead of a gill, or gills. The group includ ...
gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusks in the family
Veronicellidae, the leatherleaf slugs.
[World Register of Marine Species]
Species
Species within the genus ''Laevicaulis'' include:
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Laevicaulis alte''
(Férussac, 1822)
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Laevicaulis giganteus
''Laevicaulis'' is a taxonomic genus of air-breathing, tropical land slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Veronicellidae, the leatherleaf slugs.World Register of Marine Species
Species
Species within the genus ''Laevicau ...
''
(Godwin-Austen, 1895)
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Laevicaulis haroldi
''Eleutherocaulis haroldi'', known as Purcell's hunter slug or the caterpillar slug, is a species of tropical land slug in the family Veronicellidae, the leatherleaf slugs. It was first formally named ''Laevicaulis haroldi'' in 1980.
Distributio ...
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(Collinge, 1901) -
Purcell's hunter slug
Purcell's hunter slug, scientific name ''Chlamydephorus purcelli'', is an endangered species of air-breathing land slug, a terrestrial animal, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Chlamydephoridae.
Distribution
This species is E ...
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Laevicaulis natalensis
''Laevicaulis'' is a taxonomic genus of air-breathing, tropical land slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Veronicellidae, the leatherleaf slugs.World Register of Marine Species
Species
Species within the genus ''Laevicau ...
''
(F. Krauss, 1848)
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Laevicaulis somalicus
''Laevicaulis'' is a taxonomic genus of air-breathing, tropical land slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Veronicellidae, the leatherleaf slugs.World Register of Marine Species
Species
Species within the genus ''Laevicau ...
''
(Colosi, 1927)
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Laevicaulis striatus''
(Simroth, 1896)
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Laevicaulis stuhlmanni''
(Simroth, 1895)
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Laevicaulis vosseleri
''Laevicaulis'' is a taxonomic genus of air-breathing, tropical land slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Veronicellidae, the leatherleaf slugs.World Register of Marine Species
Species
Species within the genus ''Laevicau ...
''
(Simroth, 1913)
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Laevicaulis zanzibaricus
''Laevicaulis'' is a taxonomic genus of air-breathing, tropical land slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Veronicellidae, the leatherleaf slugs.World Register of Marine Species
Species
Species within the genus ''Laevicau ...
''
Forcart, 1953
;Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Laevicaulis comorensis''
(P. Fischer, 1883): synonym of ''Laevicaulis alte''
(Férussac, 1822) (junior synonym)
* ''Laevicaulis maillardi''
(P. Fischer, 1871): synonym of ''Laevicaulis alte''
(Férussac, 1822) (junior synonym)
* ''Laevicaulis saxicolus''
(Cockerell, 1893): synonym of ''Laevicaulis natalensis natalensis''
(F. Krauss, 1848) (junior synonym)
References
* Grimpe G. & Hoffmann H. (1924). Diagnosen neuer Athoracophoriden (Gastr., Pulm.). Zoologischer Anzeiger. 58: 171-177
* Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16th, 2017
* Forcart, L. (1969). Veronicellid land slugs from the New Hebrides, with description of Semperula solemi, new species. Fieldiana: Zoology, 50 (12): 147-156
page(s): 148; note: reversed priority of Laevicaulis (originally described as subgenus) and Eleutherocaulis (originally described as genus)
External links
Simroth, H. (1913). Über die von Voeltzkow auf Madagascar und in Ostafrika erbeuteten Vaginuliden, nebst verwandtem Material von ganz Afrika. In: Voeltzkow, A. Reise in Ostafrika in den Jahren 1903–1905. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse. Band III. Systematische Arbeiten. Stuttgart: E. Schweizerbart'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, pp.129–216
Veronicellidae
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