Phyllocaulis

Phyllocaulis is a genus of land slugs, shell-less terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Veronicellidae, the leatherleaf slugs. This is a South American genus.

Phyllocaulis
Phyllocaulis soleiformis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata

clade Systellommatophora
Superfamily:
Veronicelloidea
Family:
Veronicellidae
Genus:
Phyllocaulis

Species

Species within the genus Phyllocaulis include:

  • Phyllocaulis boraceiensis
  • Phyllocaulis gayi
  • Phyllocaulis renschi
  • Phyllocaulis soleiformis
  • Phyllocaulis tuberculosus
  • Phyllocaulis variegatus

References
    • Gomes, S.R., Britto da Silva, F., Mendes, I.L., Thomé, J.W., Bonatto, S.L., 2010. Molecular phylogeny of the South American land slug Phyllocaulis (Mollusca, Soleolifera, Veronicellidae). - Zoologica Scripta 39: 177-186.


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