''Athoracophorus'' is a
genus of air-breathing, land
slug
Slug, or land slug, is a common name for any apparently shell-less terrestrial gastropod mollusc. The word ''slug'' is also often used as part of the common name of any gastropod mollusc that has no shell, a very reduced shell, or only a smal ...
s,
terrestrial 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 includ ...
gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusc
Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 85,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized. The number of fossil species is esti ...
s in the
family Athoracophoridae.
Species
Species in the genus ''Athoracophorus'' include:
* ''
Athoracophorus bitentaculatus
''Athoracophorus bitentaculatus'', is a species of land slug, a Terrestrial animal, terrestrial gastropod mollusc in the family (biology), family Athoracophoridae.
Distribution
''A. bitentaculatus'' is endemic to List of non-marine molluscs of ...
'' (
Quoy &
Gaimard, 1832)
* ''
Athoracophorus maculosus'' Burton, 1963
* ''
Athoracophorus suteri'' Burton, 1963
Description
The body of the animal is