Laevicaulis

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Laevicaulis
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Laevicaulis alte
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Systellommatophora
Family: Veronicellidae
Genus: Laevicaulis
Simroth, 1913
Type species
Vaginula comorensisP. Fischer, 1883
Species

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Synonyms
  • AnnulicaulisSimroth, 1913 (junior synonym)
  • EleutherocaulisSimroth, 1913 (objective synonym)
  • Filicaulis (Eleutherocaulis)Simroth, 1913
  • MeisenheimeriaGrimpe & Hoffmann, 1924 (junior synonym)
  • Vaginula (Annulicaulis)Simroth, 1913 (junior synonym)
  • Vaginula (Eleutherocaulis)Simroth, 1913
  • Vaginula (Laevicaulis)Simroth, 1913

Laevicaulis is a taxonomic genus of air-breathing, tropical land slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Veronicellidae, the leatherleaf slugs. [1]

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Species

Species within the genus Laevicaulis include:

Species brought into synonymy

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References

  1. World Register of Marine Species

page(s): 148; note: reversed priority of Laevicaulis (originally described as subgenus) and Eleutherocaulis (originally described as genus)