''Athoracophorus maculosus'' is a

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of air-breathing land slug, a

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gastropod mollusc in the

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Athoracophoridae, the "leaf-veined" slugs.

References

* Powell A. W. B., ''New Zealand Mollusca'', William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979
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Athoracophoridae Gastropods of New Zealand Gastropods described in 1963 {{Athoracophoridae-stub