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''Pseudaneitea'' is a
genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...
of air-breathing 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 Terrestrial refers to things related to land or the planet Earth. Terrestrial may also refer to: * Terrestrial animal, an animal that lives on land opposed to living in water, or sometimes an animal that lives on or near the ground, as opposed to ...
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 ...
mollusc Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 85,000  extant species of molluscs are recognized. The number of fossil species is esti ...
s in the
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Athoracophoridae Athoracophoridae, common name the leaf-veined slugs, are a family of air-breathing land slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the infraorder Stylommatophora, the stalk-eyed snails and slugs. Many of the species have an attractive pat ...
, the leaf-veined slugs.


Species

The following species are recognised in the genus ''Pseudaneitea'': *'' Pseudaneitea aspera'' *'' Pseudaneitea campbellensis'' *'' Pseudaneitea delli'' *'' Pseudaneitea dendyi'' *'' Pseudaneitea gigantea'' *'' Pseudaneitea grana'' *'' Pseudaneitea gravisulca'' *'' Pseudaneitea huttoni'' *'' Pseudaneitea johnsi'' *'' Pseudaneitea leva'' *'' Pseudaneitea maculata'' *'' Pseudaneitea marmorata'' *'' Pseudaneitea multistriata'' *'' Pseudaneitea nodosa'' *'' Pseudaneitea pallida'' *'' Pseudaneitea powelli'' *'' Pseudaneitea pseudophyllum'' *'' Pseudaneitea ramsayi'' *'' Pseudaneitea schauinslandi'' *'' Pseudaneitea simrothi'' *''
Pseudaneitea sorenseni ''Pseudaneitea sorenseni'' is a leaf-veined slug, a terrestrial gastropod mollusc in the family Athoracophoridae Athoracophoridae, common name the leaf-veined slugs, are a family of air-breathing land slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropo ...
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References


Further reading

* Powell A. W. B., ''New Zealand Mollusca'', William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979
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