| Athoracophorinae | |
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| Individual of a species of Athoracophorinae from Auckland Island observed in January 2023 | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Athoracophoridae |
| Subfamily: | Athoracophorinae P. Fischer, 1883[1] (1860) |
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Athoracophorinae, common name the leaf-veined slugs, are a subfamily in the family Athoracophoridae, which are air-breathing, stalk-eyed land slugs, or terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks. They are endemic to New Zealand, including its subantarctic islands.
- ^ Fischer, Paul Henri (21 February 1883). Manuel de conchlyliologie et de paléontologie conchlyliologique (in French). Savy, Paris. p. 492.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ "Athoracophorinae". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 3 December 2023.