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Athoracophoridae
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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 on their dorsal surface which resembles the veins in a leaf, hence the common name.
Species
FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumMollusca
- ClassGastropoda
- OrderStylommatophora
- FamilyAthoracophoridae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 1,360
- With media
- 22
- Family
- Athoracophoridae
- Collections
- CAS, NMV, AM, MNHN
- Recorded in
- New Caledonia, New Zealand, Australia, Nouvelle-Caledonie
Wikidata facts
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- Image
- Triboniophorus graeffei - Chatswood West.jpg
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- Athoracophoridae
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- family
- taxon name
- Athoracophoridae
- topic's main category
- Category:Athoracophoridae
- taxon common name
- leaf-veined slugs
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Anatomy
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- Taxonomy
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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 on their dorsal surface which resembles the veins in a leaf, hence the common name.
Athoracophoridae is the only family in the superfamily Athoracophoroidea.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Athoracophoridae” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.