Laevicaulis
Genus of gastropods
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Laevicaulis is a taxonomic genus of air-breathing, tropical land slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Veronicellidae, the leatherleaf slugs.[1]
| Laevicaulis | |
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| Laevicaulis alte | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Systellommatophora |
| Family: | Veronicellidae |
| Genus: | Laevicaulis Simroth, 1913 |
| Type species | |
| Vaginula comorensis P. Fischer, 1883 | |
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Species
Species within the genus Laevicaulis include:
- Laevicaulis alte (Férussac, 1822)
- Laevicaulis giganteus (Godwin-Austen, 1895)
- Laevicaulis haroldi (Collinge, 1901)
- Laevicaulis natalensis (F. Krauss, 1848)
- Laevicaulis somalicus (Colosi, 1927)
- Laevicaulis striatus (Simroth, 1896)
- Laevicaulis stuhlmanni (Simroth, 1895)
- Laevicaulis vosseleri (Simroth, 1913)
- Laevicaulis zanzibaricus Forcart, 1953
- Species brought into synonymy
- Laevicaulis comorensis (P. Fischer, 1883): synonym of Laevicaulis alte (Férussac, 1822) (junior synonym)
- Laevicaulis maillardi (P. Fischer, 1871): synonym of Laevicaulis alte (Férussac, 1822) (junior synonym)
- Laevicaulis saxicolus (Cockerell, 1893): synonym of Laevicaulis natalensis natalensis (F. Krauss, 1848) (junior synonym)
