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Veronicella

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Veronicella
Veronicella sloanii
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Systellommatophora
Family: Veronicellidae
Genus: Veronicella
Blainville, 1817[1]

Veronicella is a genus of tropical air-breathing land slugs in the family Veronicellidae, the leatherleaf slugs.

Veronicella cubensis and V. sloanii are known as agricultural pests.[2]

Species

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Species within the genus Veronicella include:

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References

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  1. ^ Blainville, H. M. D. (1817). J. de Physique 85: 440.
  2. ^ a b c Robinson, D. G., et al. (2009). The land Mollusca of Dominica (Lesser Antilles), with notes on some enigmatic or rare species. Zoologische Mededelingen 83(13), 615-50.