''Vaginula'' is a
genus 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,
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.
Distribution
These land slugs occur in:
*
Cuba
*
Seychelles (e.g. in
Vallée De Mai
Vallée de Mai Nature Reserve ("May Valley") is a nature park and UNESCO World Heritage Site on the island of Praslin, Seychelles. It consists of a well-preserved palm forest, flagship species made up of the island endemic coco de mer, as well ...
on
Lodoicea)
Species
Species within the genus ''Vaginula'' include:
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Vaginula cubensis
''Vaginula'' is a genus of air-breathing land slugs, terrestrial animal, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Veronicellidae, the leatherleaf slugs.
Distribution
These land slugs occur in:
* List of non-marine molluscs of Cuba ...
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Vaginula maculata
''Vaginula'' is a genus of air-breathing land slugs, 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 ...
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* ''
Vaginula occidentalis
''Diplosolenodes occidentalis'' is a species of air-breathing land slug, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Veronicellidae, the leatherleaf slugs.
Distribution
''Diplosolenodes occidentalis'' was originally discovered an ...
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* ''
Vaginula rodericensis
''Vaginula rodericensis'' is a species of air-breathing land slug, terrestrial animal, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Veronicellidae, the leatherleaf slugs.
References
Veronicellidae
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Vaginula variegatula
''Vaginula'' is a genus of air-breathing land slugs, 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 ...
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* ''Vaginula seychellensis''
References
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Veronicellidae