Vaginula is a genus of air-breathing land slugs,[1] terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Veronicellidae, the leatherleaf slugs.
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Genus: | Vaginula
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Distribution
editThese land slugs occur in:
- Cuba
- Seychelles (e.g. in Vallée De Mai on Lodoicea)
Species
editSpecies within the genus Vaginula include:
- Vaginula cubensis
- Vaginula maculata
- Vaginula occidentalis
- Vaginula rodericensis
- Vaginula variegatula
- Vaginula seychellensis [2]
References
edit- ^ Maceira F., David (2003). "Las especies de la familia Veronicellidae (Mollusca, Soleolifera) en Cuba" (PDF). Rev. Biol. Trop. 51 (3): 453–461. Retrieved 2 November 2012.[permanent dead link ]
- ^ "Vaginula seychellensis". www.safari-afrika.de. Retrieved 2016-04-04.