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(unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura ContentsSystellommatophora |
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Genus: | Colosius Thomé, 1975 [1] |
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5 species (in this list) |
Colosius is a genus of air-breathing land slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Veronicellidae, the leatherleaf slugs.
The generic name Colosius is in honor of the Italian zoologist Giuseppe Colosi, who described a few species belonging to this genus in 1921. [1] Thomé established the genus Colosius for five species in 1975. [1] Gomes et al. synonymized Colosius propinquus with Colosius pulcher and discovered another new Colosius species in 2012. [2]
The distribution of the genus Colosius includes Colombia, [1] [2] Ecuador, [1] [2] [3] Peru, [1] Puerto Rico, [3] Dominican Republic [1] [3] and Haiti. [1]
Species within the genus Colosius include:
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