''Vaginulus'' is a genus of air-breathing land slugs, shell-less 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.

Species

Species in the genus ''Vaginulus'' include: * ''

Vaginulus buergueri ''Vaginulus buergueri'' is a species of land slug, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Veronicellidae, the leatherleaf slugs. Distribution This species occurs in: * The island of Dominica Dominica ( or ; Kalinago: ...

'' (Simroth, 1914) Baker H. B. (1925). "North American Veronicellidae". '' Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia'' 77: 157-184, pl. 4.Robinson D. G., Hovestadt A., Fields A. & Breure A. S. H. (July 2009). "The land Mollusca of Dominica (Lesser Antilles), with notes on some enigmatic or rare species". ''

Zoologische Mededelingen ''Zoologische Mededelingen'' was a peer-reviewed open access scientific journal publishing papers and monographs on animal systematics. The publisher was the National Museum of Natural History Naturalis in the Netherlands. The first issue appeared ...

'' 83 http://www.zoologischemededelingen.nl/83/nr03/a13 * ''

Vaginulus rodericensis ''Vaginulus'' is a genus of air-breathing land slugs, shell-less terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Veronicellidae, the leatherleaf slugs. Species Species in the genus ''Vaginulus'' include: * '' Vaginulus buergueri'' ...

'' Smith, 1876 * ''

Vaginulus sloanii ''Vaginulus sloanii'' is a species of air-breathing sea slug, a shell-less marine pulmonate gastropod The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca ca ...

'' (Cuvier, 1817) * ''

Vaginulus taunaisii ''Vaginulus'' is a genus of air-breathing land slugs, shell-less terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Veronicellidae, the leatherleaf slugs. Species Species in the genus ''Vaginulus'' include: * '' Vaginulus buergueri'' ...

'' (Férussac, 1821) Synonyms: * ''Vaginulus occidentalis'' (Guilding, 1825) is a synonym of ''

Diplosolenodes 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 ...

'' * ''Vaginulus sinensis'' Heude, 1882 is a synonym of ''

Rathouisia leonina ''Rathouisia leonina'' is a species of carnivorous air-breathing land slug, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Rathouisiidae. This species is endemic to China. This slug is carnivorous and actively preys on snails. It i ...

'' Heude, 1882Wu M., Guo J.-Y., Wan F.-H., Qin Q.-L., Wu Q. & Wiktor A. (2006). "A preliminary study of the predatory terrestrial mollusk ''Rathouisia leonina''". ''The Veliger'' 48
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74. * ''Vaginulus stuxbergi'' Westerlund, 1883 is a synonym of '' Oncis stuxbergi'' (Westerlund, 1883)

References

Veronicellidae {{Veronicellidae-stub