| Red triangle slug | |
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| Two individuals of the green form of Triboniophorus graeffei, in the forest in Chatswood West, New South Wales. The slug on the right is starting to become active, the other is in the contracted state. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Superfamily: | Athoracophoroidea |
| Family: | Athoracophoridae |
| Subfamily: | Aneitinae |
| Genus: | Triboniophorus |
| Species: | T. graeffei
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| Binomial name | |
| Triboniophorus graeffei | |
The red triangle slug (Triboniophorus graeffei) is a species of large air-breathing land slug, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Athoracophoridae, the leaf-veined slugs.
This large (up to 15 centimetres (5.9 in)), often colorful and striking-looking species is found in eastern Australia. It is Australia's largest native land slug.[2] It is a common part of the fauna.
Triboniophorus graeffei is the type species of the genus Triboniophorus.[3] A closely related species is the as-yet-unnamed Triboniophorus sp. nov. 'Kaputar'.
- ^ Humbert A. (December 31) 1863. Études sur quelques mollusques terrestres nouveaux ou peu connus. Mem. Soc. Phys. Nat. Hist. Geneve, 17, (1), 109-128. Description at page 119.
- ^ Red Triangle Slug Fact File Archived 2009-05-19 at the Wayback Machine. Australian Museum, 2009, accessed 22 February 2009.
- ^ Solem A. 1959. Systematics of the land and fresh-water mollusca of the New Hebrides. Fieldiana Zoology, volume 43, number 1, Chicago Natural History Museum, page 45-46