Belocaulus

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Belocaulus
Black-velvet leatherleaf slug (belocaulus angustipes).jpg
mating of Belocaulus angustipes
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Belocaulus

Hoffmann, 1925 [1]
Diversity
2 species

Belocaulus is a genus of air-breathing land slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Veronicellidae, the leatherleaf slugs.

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References

  1. (in Portuguese) Thomé J. W. (1975) "Os gêneros da família Veronicellidae nas Américas (Mollusca; Gastropoda)". Iheringia, Porto Alegre, Série Zoologia (48): 3-56. page 13.
  2. 1 2 "Belocaulus Hoffmann, 1925" Archived 2014-05-30 at the Wayback Machine . Terrestrial Slugs Web, accessed 28 May 2014