Veronicella portoricensis

Veronicella portoricensis
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
Species:	V. portoricensis
Binomial name
	Veronicella portoricensis; (Semper, 1885) [1]
Synonyms [2]
	Vaginula portoricensis Semper, 1886; Vaginulus portoricenis Semper, 1886; Belocaulus portoricensis; ?Vaginilus kraussii; Veronicella (Leidyula) krausii

Last updated April 08, 2019

Veronicella portoricensis is a species of air-breathing land slug, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Veronicellidae, the leatherleaf slugs.

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Distribution

This species occurs in:

The highland rainforests of Puerto Rico ^[2]

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References

↑ Semper C. (1886). "Reisen im Archipel der Philippinen". 2(3). Land Mollusken, 291-237, pl. 24-27.
1 2 (in Spanish) Aguayo C. G. (1965). "Sobre el status de Veronicella portoricensis (Mollusca Pulmonata)". Caribbean Journal of Science 5(1-2): 25-28. PDF Archived October 1, 2011, at the Wayback Machine ..

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[1] Semper C. (1886). "Reisen im Archipel der Philippinen". 2(3). Land Mollusken, 291-237, pl. 24-27.

[Aguayo_1965-2] 1 2 (in Spanish) Aguayo C. G. (1965). "Sobre el status de Veronicella portoricensis (Mollusca Pulmonata)". Caribbean Journal of Science 5(1-2): 25-28. PDF Archived October 1, 2011, at the Wayback Machine ..