Veronicellidae

Leatherleaf slugs
Live individual of Veronicella sloanei
Live individual of Laevicaulis alte
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Systellommatophora
Superfamily: Veronicelloidea
Family: Veronicellidae
(Gray, 1840)[1]
Type genus
Veronicella
Genera

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Synonyms
  • Vaginulidae (Martens, 1866)
  • Meisenheimeriinae (Hoffmann, 1925)
  • Sarasinulinae (Hoffmann, 1925)
  • Semperulinae (Hoffmann, 1925)
  • Imeriniinae (Hoffmann, 1928)
  • Pseudoverocinellinae (Hoffmann, 1928)

The Veronicellidae, also known by their common name the leatherleaf slugs, are a family of pulmonate terrestrial slugs.

The herbivorous molluscs occur mainly in the tropical and subtropical areas of America, Asia and Africa.

They act as intermediate hosts of the rat lung worm Angiostrongylus costaricensis, and act as a vector for other human diseases.[citation needed] They also cause significant damage to crops.[2]

  1. ^ Gray J. E. (1840). Synopsis of the contents of the British Museum, ed. 42, p. 126, p. 149.
  2. ^ Speiser, B (2002). "Research Institute of Organic Agriculture (FiBL), Frick, Switzerland" (PDF).