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| familia = [[Veronicellidae]]
| familia = [[Veronicellidae]]
| genus = '''''Veronicella'''''
| genus = '''''Veronicella'''''
| genus_authority = [[Henri Marie Ducrotay de Blainville|de Blainville]], 1817<ref>[[Henri Marie Ducrotay de Blainville|de Blainville H. M. D.]] (1817). ''J. de Physique'' '''85''': 440.</ref>
| genus_authority = [[Henri Marie Ducrotay de Blainville|de Blainville]], 1817<ref>[[Henri Marie Ducrotay de Blainville|de Blainville, H. M. D.]] (1817). ''J. de Physique'' '''85''': 440.</ref>
| synonyms = }}
| synonyms = }}


'''''Veronicella''''' is a [[genus]] of [[tropical]] air-breathing land [[slug]]s, [[terrestrial animal|terrestrial]] [[pulmonate]] [[gastropod]] [[mollusk]]s in the family [[Veronicellidae]], the leatherleaf slugs.
'''''Veronicella''''' is a [[genus]] of [[tropics|tropical]] air-breathing land [[slug]]s in the family [[Veronicellidae]], the leatherleaf slugs.

''V. cubensis'' and ''V. sloanii'' are known as agricultural [[pest (organism)|pests]].<ref name=rob>Robinson, D. G., et al. (2009). [http://dpc.uba.uva.nl/cgi/t/text/get-pdf?c=zoomed;idno=8303a13 The land Mollusca of Dominica (Lesser Antilles), with notes on some enigmatic or rare species.]] ''Zoologische Mededelingen'' 83(13), 615-50.</ref>


== Species==
== Species==
Species within the genus ''Veronicella'' include:
Species within the genus ''Veronicella'' include:
* ''[[Veronicella cubensis]]'' (Pfeiffer, 1840)<ref name="ecosis.cu">[http://www.ecosis.cu/cenbio/biodiversidadcuba/fauna/mollusca.htm "Mollusca"]. Diversidad Biológica Cubana, accessed 23 March 2011.</ref>
* ''[[Veronicella cubensis]]'' (Pfeiffer, 1840) &ndash; Cuban slug
* ''[[Veronicella portoricensis]]'' (Semper, 1886)<ref name=rob/>
* ''[[Veronicella portoricensis]]'' (Semper, 1886)<ref name="Aguayo 1965">{{sp icon}} Aguayo C. G. (1965). "Sobre el status de ''Veronicella portoricensis'' (Mollusca Pulmonata)". ''[[Caribbean Journal of Science]]'' '''5'''(1-2): 25-28. [http://academic.uprm.edu/publications/cjs/VOL05/P025-028.PDF PDF].</ref>
* ''[[Veronicella sloanei]]'' (Cuvier, 1817)<ref name="ecosis.cu"/> - synonym ''Veronicella sloanii''
* ''[[Veronicella sloanei]]'' (Cuvier, 1817) (orth. var. ''Veronicella sloanii'') &ndash; pancake slug
* ''[[Veronicella tenax]]'' Baker, 1931<ref name="ecosis.cu"/>
* ''[[Veronicella tenax]]'' Baker, 1931
* ''Veronicella'' sp. from [[List of non-marine molluscs of Dominica|Dominica]] - an as yet undescribed species<ref name="Robinson 2009">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]]'' '''83''' http://www.zoologischemededelingen.nl/83/nr03/a13</ref>
* ''Veronicella'' sp. from [[List of non-marine molluscs of Dominica|Dominica]] - an as yet undescribed species<ref name=rob/>
==Gallery==

<gallery>
{|
||[[File:Veronicella cubensis.png|left|thumb|upright=0.6|''[[Veronicella cubensis]]'']]
Veronicella cubensis.png|''[[Veronicella cubensis]]''
||[[File:Veronicella sp from Dominica.png|left|thumb|''Veronicella'' sp. from [[List of non-marine molluscs of Dominica|Dominica]]]]
Veronicella sp from Dominica.png|''Veronicella'' sp. from Dominica
</gallery>
|}


== References ==
== References ==
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[[Category:Veronicellidae]]
[[Category:Veronicellidae]]



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Revision as of 17:46, 5 September 2013

Veronicella
Veronicella sloanei
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata

clade Systellommatophora
Superfamily:
Veronicelloidea
Family:
Veronicellidae
Genus:
Veronicella

Veronicella is a genus of tropical air-breathing land slugs in the family Veronicellidae, the leatherleaf slugs.

V. cubensis and V. sloanii are known as agricultural pests.[2]

Species

Species within the genus Veronicella include:

Gallery

References

  1. ^ de Blainville, H. M. D. (1817). J. de Physique 85: 440.
  2. ^ a b c 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.
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