Athoracophorinae,
common name
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the leaf-veined slugs, are a
subfamily
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in the
family
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Athoracophoridae
Athoracophoridae, common name the leaf-veined slugs, are a family of air-breathing land slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the order Stylommatophora, the stalk-eyed snails and slugs. Many of the species have an attractive patter ...
, which are air-breathing, stalk-eyed land
slug
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s, or
terrestrial
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Terrestrial may also refer to:
* Terrestrial animal, an animal that lives on land opposed to living in water, or sometimes an animal that lives on o ...
pulmonate
Pulmonata or pulmonates is an informal group (previously an order, and before that, a subclass) of snails and slugs characterized by the ability to breathe air, by virtue of having a pallial lung instead of a gill, or gills. The group inclu ...
gastropod
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This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...
mollusk
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s. They are endemic to New Zealand, including its
subantarctic
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islands.
Distribution
Species in this subfamily are endemic to
New Zealand
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, including its
subantarctic
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islands.
Taxonomy
Athoracophorinae is one of two subfamilies in the family Athoracophoridae, which in turn is the only family in the superfamily
Athoracophoroidea
Athoracophoridae, common name the leaf-veined slugs, are a family of air-breathing land slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the order Stylommatophora, the stalk-eyed snails and slugs. Many of the species have an attractive pattern ...
.
The following two
subfamilies
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have been recognized in
the taxonomy of Bouchet & Rocroi (2005),
that follows the classification of Grimpe & Hoffmann (1925):
* Athoracophorinae
P. Fischer, 1883 (1860) - synonym:
Janellidae Gray, 1853 (inv.), found in New Zealand, including its
subantarctic
The sub-Antarctic zone is a physiographic region in the Southern Hemisphere, located immediately north of the Antarctic region. This translates roughly to a latitude of between 46th parallel south, 46° and 60th parallel south, 60° south of t ...
islands.
[Burton D. W. (1982)]
"How to be sluggish."
''Tuatara'' 25(2): 48-63
*
Aneitinae Gray, 1860, found in eastern Australia, New Guinea (including the Bismarck Archipelago and Admiralty Islands), Vanauatu, and New Caledonia.
Genera
Genera within the subfamily Athoracophorinae include:
* ''
Athoracophorus
''Athoracophorus'' is a genus of air-breathing, land slugs, Terrestrial animal, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family (biology), family Athoracophoridae.
Species
Species in the genus ''Athoracophorus'' include:
* ''Athoracopho ...
''
Gould, 1852
* ''
Palliopodex
''Palliopodex verrucosus'' is a leaf-veined slug, an air-breathing land slug or terrestrial gastropod mollusc in the family Athoracophoridae. It is endemic to New Zealand's subantarctic Auckland Islands
The Auckland Islands ( Māori: ''M ...
''
Burton, 1963
* ''
Pseudaneitea''
Cockerell, 1891
References
Further reading
* Burton D. W. (1962)
"New Zealand land slugs — Part 1" ''Tuatara'' 9(8): 87–97.
* Burton D. W. (1963)
''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
789808, 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.
External links
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Athoracophoridae
Taxa described in 1883
Taxa named by Paul Henri Fischer
Endemic fauna of New Zealand