Laevicaulis haroldi

Laevicaulis haroldi, common name Purcell's hunter slug, is a species of air-breathing, tropical land slug, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Veronicellidae, the leatherleaf slugs.

Laevicaulis haroldi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Systellommatophora
Superfamily:
Veronicelloidea
Family:
Veronicellidae
Genus:
Laevicaulis
Species:
L. haroldi
Binomial name
Laevicaulis haroldi
Dundee, 1980[2]

Distribution

This slug is endemic to South Africa.[1]

Conservation status

This species is endangered; it is threatened by habitat loss.[1]

References
  1. Herbert, D.G. (2000). Laevicaulis haroldi. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Archived 2014-06-27 at the Wayback Machine Downloaded on 7 August 2007.
  2. Dundee D. S. (1980). "Laevicaulis haroldi, a new veronicellid slug from Natal, South Africa (Gastropoda: Pulmonata)". The Nautilus 64(3): 118-120.


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