''Sarasinula'' 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 in the family
Veronicellidae
The Veronicellidae, also known by their common name the leatherleaf slugs, are a family of pulmonate terrestrial slugs.
The herbivorous molluscs occur mainly in the tropical and subtropical areas of America, Asia and Africa.
They act as intermed ...
, the leatherleaf slugs.
Species
Species in the genus ''Sarasinula'' include:
* ''
Sarasinula dubia
''Sarasinula dubia'' is a species of air-breathing land slug, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Veronicellidae, the leatherleaf slugs.
Distribution
Distribution of ''Sarasinula dubia'' include:
* MexicoNaranjo-García E., ...
'' (Semper, 1885)
[Naranjo-García, E., et al. (2007)]
A review of the Veronicellidae from Mexico (Gastropoda: Soleolifera); Revisión de los Veronicellidae de México (Gastropoda: Soleolifera).
''Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad'' 78(1), 41-50.
* ''
Sarasinula linguaeformis'' (Semper, 1885)
[Laitano, A. C., et al. (2001)]
Report on the occurrence of ''Angiostrongylus costaricensis'' in southern Brazil, in a new intermediate host from the genus ''Sarasinula'' (Veronicellidae, Gastropoda).
''Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical'' 34(1), 95-97.
* ''
Sarasinula marginata'' (Semper, 1885)
[Robinson, D. G., et al. (2009)]
The land Mollusca of Dominica (Lesser Antilles), with notes on some enigmatic or rare species.
''Zoologische Mededelingen'' 83(13), 615-50.
* ''
Sarasinula plebeia
''Sarasinula plebeia'', commonly called the bean slug or the Caribbean leatherleaf slug, is a species of air-breathing land slug, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Veronicellidae, the leatherleaf slugs.
As of November 201 ...
'' (P. Fischer, 1868)
[ – Caribbean leatherleaf
]
References
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Veronicellidae
Taxa named by Georg Grimpe