Athoracophorinae, common name the leaf-veined slugs, are a subfamily in the family Athoracophoridae, which are air-breathing, stalk-eyed land slugs, or terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks. They are endemic to New Zealand, including its subantarctic islands.
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| Individual of a species of Athoracophorinae from Auckland Island observed in January 2023 | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Athoracophoridae |
| Subfamily: | Athoracophorinae P. Fischer, 1883[1] (1860) |
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Distribution
editSpecies in this subfamily are endemic to New Zealand, including its subantarctic islands.[3]
Taxonomy
editAthoracophorinae is one of two subfamilies in the family Athoracophoridae, which in turn is the only family in the superfamily Athoracophoroidea.[4] The following two subfamilies have been recognized in the taxonomy of Bouchet & Rocroi (2005),[4] that follows the classification of Grimpe & Hoffmann (1925):[5]
- Athoracophorinae P. Fischer, 1883 (1860) - synonym: Janellidae Gray, 1853 (inv.), found in New Zealand, including its subantarctic islands.[3]
- Aneitinae Gray, 1860, found in eastern Australia, New Guinea (including the Bismarck Archipelago and Admiralty Islands), Vanauatu, and New Caledonia.[3]
Genera
editGenera within the subfamily Athoracophorinae include:[6]
- Athoracophorus Gould, 1852
- Palliopodex Burton, 1963
- Pseudaneitea Cockerell, 1891
References
edit- ^ Fischer, Paul Henri (21 February 1883). Manuel de conchlyliologie et de paléontologie conchlyliologique (in French). Savy, Paris. p. 492.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ "Athoracophorinae". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 3 December 2023.
- ^ a b c Burton D. W. (1982). "How to be sluggish." Tuatara 25(2): 48-63. page 55.
- ^ a b Bouchet, Philippe; Rocroi, Jean-Pierre; Frýda, Jiri; Hausdorf, Bernard; Ponder, Winston; Valdés, Ángel & Warén, Anders (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". Malacologia. 47 (1–2). Hackenheim, Germany: ConchBooks: 1–397. ISBN 3-925919-72-4. ISSN 0076-2997.
- ^ (in German) Grimpe G. & Hoffmann (1925). "Die Nacktschnecken von Neu-Caledonien, den Loyalty-Inseln und den Neuen-Hebriden." In: Sarasin F. & Roux J. (eds.) Nova Caledonia, A (Zoologie), Band 3, Heft 1-3: 337-476, plates 5-6.
- ^ "Molluscabase - Athoracophorinae P. Fischer, 1883 (1860)". www.molluscabase.org. Retrieved 2023-12-03.
Further reading
edit- Burton D. W. (1962). "New Zealand land slugs — Part 1". Tuatara 9(8): 87–97.
- Burton D. W. (1963). "New Zealand Land Slugs — Part 2". Tuatara 11(2): 90–96.
- Burton D. W. (1980). "Anatomical studies on Australian, New Zealand and sub-antarctic Athoracophoridae (Gastropoda : Pulmonata)". New Zealand Journal of Zoology 7: 173–198.
- Burton D. W. (1981). "Pallial systems in the Athoracophoridae (Gastropoda: Pulmonata)". New Zealand Journal of Zoology 8: 391–402.
- Suter H. (1897). "A revision of New Zealand Athoracophoridae". Journal of Molluscan Studies 2(6): 245–257. abstract.
- Suter H. (1913). Manual of the New Zealand Mollusca. (Athoracophoridae, pp. 789-808, pl. 31, figs. 3–13.)
- Stanisic J. (1998). "Family Athoracophoridae". pp. 1109-1110. In: Beesley P. L., Ross G. J. B. & Wells A. (eds). Mollusca: The Southern Synthesis. Fauna of Australia. Melbourne, CSIRO Publishing Vol. 5, Part B, pp. vi-viii, 565–1234.
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