''Laevicaulis'' is a

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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 ...

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s in the family

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, the leatherleaf slugs.World Register of Marine Species

Species

Species within the genus ''Laevicaulis'' include: * ''

Laevicaulis alte ''Laevicaulis alte'', or the tropical leatherleaf, is a species of tropical land slug, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Veronicellidae, the leatherleaf slugs. Description ''Laevicaulis alte'' is a round, dark-coloured sl ...

'' (Férussac, 1822) * '' Laevicaulis giganteus'' (Godwin-Austen, 1895) * ''

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 ...

'' (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 ...

* '' Laevicaulis natalensis'' (F. Krauss, 1848) * '' Laevicaulis somalicus'' (Colosi, 1927) * ''

Laevicaulis striatus ''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 ''Laevica ...

'' (Simroth, 1896) * ''

Laevicaulis stuhlmanni ''Laevicaulis stuhlmanni'' is a species of terrestrial, nocturnal slug in the family Veronicellidae. It is native to parts of tropical Africa. Description ''Laevicaulis stuhlmanni'' shows a flattened body and a dark to light brown colour. Adul ...

'' (Simroth, 1895) * '' Laevicaulis vosseleri'' (Simroth, 1913) * '' Laevicaulis zanzibaricus'' 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
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