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== Distribution ==
== Distribution ==
''Leidyula floridana'' is native to the Caribbean ([[Cuba]] to [[Jamaica]]) and southern [[Florida]], but has spread to northern Florida. The slug is also found in [[Louisiana]] and [[Texas]].<ref name="denmark">Stange LA, Deisler JE, Fasulo TR. 2009. [http://entomology.ifas.ufl.edu/creatures/misc/florida_slugs.htm Slugs of Florida] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090819165141/http://entomology.ifas.ufl.edu/creatures/misc/florida_slugs.htm |date=2009-08-19 }} ''Featured Creatures''. Last accessed 2009-05-01</ref> It is also found, as a non-native species, in [[List of non-marine molluscs of Mexico|Mexico]],<ref name="Naranjo-García 2007">Naranjo-García E., Thomé J. W. & Castillejo J. (2007). "A review of the Veronicellidae from Mexico (Gastropoda: Soleolifera). Revisión de los Veronicellidae de México (Gastropoda: Soleolifera)". ''[[Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad]]'' '''78''': 41-50."</ref> [[List of non-marine molluscs of Nicaragua|Nicaragua]],<ref name="Pérez 2008">{{in lang|es}} Pérez A. M., Sotelo M., Arana I. & López A. (2008). "Diversidad de moluscos gasterópodos terrestres en la región del Pacífico de Nicaragua y sus preferencias de hábitat". ''[[Rev. Biol. Trop.]]'' '''56'''(1): 317-332,. [http://www.bio-nica.info/biblioteca/Perez2008Moluscos.pdf PDF]</ref> and [[List of non-marine molluscs of Cuba|Cuba]].<ref name="Naranjo-García 2007"/><ref name="Maceira">Maceira D. F. (2003). "Las especies de la familia Veronicellidae (Mollusca, Soleolifera) en Cuba". ''Revista de Biología Tropical'' '''51'''(3): 453-461. [http://rbt.biologia.ucr.ac.cr/malacolg/maceira.pdf PDF] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070728132546/http://rbt.biologia.ucr.ac.cr/malacolg/maceira.pdf |date=2007-07-28 }}.</ref>
''Leidyula floridana'' is native to the Caribbean ([[Cuba]] to [[Jamaica]]) and southern [[Florida]], but has spread to northern Florida. The slug is also found in [[Louisiana]] and [[Texas]].<ref name="denmark">Stange LA, Deisler JE, Fasulo TR. 2009. [http://entomology.ifas.ufl.edu/creatures/misc/florida_slugs.htm Slugs of Florida] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090819165141/http://entomology.ifas.ufl.edu/creatures/misc/florida_slugs.htm |date=2009-08-19 }} ''Featured Creatures''. Last accessed 2009-05-01</ref> It is also found, as a non-native species, in [[List of non-marine molluscs of Mexico|Mexico]],<ref name="Naranjo-García 2007">Naranjo-García E., Thomé J. W. & Castillejo J. (2007). "A review of the Veronicellidae from Mexico (Gastropoda: Soleolifera). Revisión de los Veronicellidae de México (Gastropoda: Soleolifera)". ''[[Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad]]'' '''78''': 41-50."</ref> [[List of non-marine molluscs of Nicaragua|Nicaragua]],<ref name="Pérez 2008">{{in lang|es}} Pérez A. M., Sotelo M., Arana I. & López A. (2008). "Diversidad de moluscos gasterópodos terrestres en la región del Pacífico de Nicaragua y sus preferencias de hábitat". ''[[Rev. Biol. Trop.]]'' '''56'''(1): 317-332,. [http://www.bio-nica.info/biblioteca/Perez2008Moluscos.pdf PDF]</ref> and [[List of non-marine molluscs of Cuba|Cuba]].<ref name="Naranjo-García 2007"/><ref name="Maceira">Maceira D. F. (2003). "Las especies de la familia Veronicellidae (Mollusca, Soleolifera) en Cuba". ''[[Revista de Biología Tropical]]'' '''51'''(3): 453-461. [http://rbt.biologia.ucr.ac.cr/malacolg/maceira.pdf PDF] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070728132546/http://rbt.biologia.ucr.ac.cr/malacolg/maceira.pdf |date=2007-07-28 }}.</ref>


== References ==
== References ==

Revision as of 00:37, 2 December 2023

Leidyula floridana
Leidyula floridana from W. G. Binney, 1878[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
Superfamily:
Veronicelloidea
Family:
Veronicellidae
Genus:
Leidyula
Species:
L. floridana
Binomial name
Leidyula floridana
(Leidy & Binney in Binney, 1851)[2]
Synonyms[3]
  • Vaginulus floridanus (Leidy, 1851)
  • Vaginulus floridanus (Binney, 1851)
  • Veronicella floridana (Binney, 1851)
A large Florida leatherleaf slug

Leidyula floridana, common name the Florida leatherleaf, is a species of tropical air-breathing land slug, shell-less terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Veronicellidae.

Distribution

Leidyula floridana is native to the Caribbean (Cuba to Jamaica) and southern Florida, but has spread to northern Florida. The slug is also found in Louisiana and Texas.[4] It is also found, as a non-native species, in Mexico,[3] Nicaragua,[5] and Cuba.[3][6]

References

  1. ^ Binney, William G. (1878). The Terrestrial Air-Breathing Mollusks of the United States and Adjacent Territories of North America. Vol. 5 (plates). Bull. Mus. Comparative Zool., Harvard. Plate 59.
  2. ^ Binney A. (1851). The Terrestrial Air-breathing Mollusks of the United States and the adjacent territories of North America. Volume I. A. A. Gould (ed.). Charles C. Little and James C. Brown, Boston, MA. 366 pp. (198, 251, pl. IV).
  3. ^ a b c Naranjo-García E., Thomé J. W. & Castillejo J. (2007). "A review of the Veronicellidae from Mexico (Gastropoda: Soleolifera). Revisión de los Veronicellidae de México (Gastropoda: Soleolifera)". Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 78: 41-50."
  4. ^ Stange LA, Deisler JE, Fasulo TR. 2009. Slugs of Florida Archived 2009-08-19 at the Wayback Machine Featured Creatures. Last accessed 2009-05-01
  5. ^ (in Spanish) Pérez A. M., Sotelo M., Arana I. & López A. (2008). "Diversidad de moluscos gasterópodos terrestres en la región del Pacífico de Nicaragua y sus preferencias de hábitat". Rev. Biol. Trop. 56(1): 317-332,. PDF
  6. ^ Maceira D. F. (2003). "Las especies de la familia Veronicellidae (Mollusca, Soleolifera) en Cuba". Revista de Biología Tropical 51(3): 453-461. PDF Archived 2007-07-28 at the Wayback Machine.

Further reading

  • Cook A. (1986) "Functional aspects of the mucus-producing glands of the Systellommatophoran slug, Veronicella floridana". Journal of Zoology 211(2): 291-305. doi:10.1111/j.1469-7998.1987.tb01535.x
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