Laevicaulis

Laevicaulis
	Laevicaulis alte
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Systellommatophora
Family:	Veronicellidae
Genus:	Laevicaulis; Simroth, 1913
Type species
	Vaginula comorensis P. Fischer, 1883;
Species
	See text
Synonyms
	Annulicaulis Simroth, 1913 (junior synonym); Eleutherocaulis Simroth, 1913 (objective synonym); Filicaulis (Eleutherocaulis) Simroth, 1913; Meisenheimeria Grimpe & Hoffmann, 1924 (junior synonym); Vaginula (Annulicaulis) Simroth, 1913 (junior synonym); Vaginula (Eleutherocaulis) Simroth, 1913; Vaginula (Laevicaulis) Simroth, 1913;

Laevicaulis is a taxonomic genus of air-breathing, tropical land slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Veronicellidae, the leatherleaf slugs.^[1]

Species

Species within the genus Laevicaulis include:

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)

Grimpe G. & Hoffmann H. (1924). Diagnosen neuer Athoracophoriden (Gastr., Pulm.). Zoologischer Anzeiger. 58: 171-177
Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16, 2017
Forcart, L. (1969). Veronicellid land slugs from the New Hebrides, with description of Semperula solemi, new species. Fieldiana: Zoology, 50 (12): 147-156

page(s): 148; note: reversed priority of Laevicaulis (originally described as subgenus) and Eleutherocaulis (originally described as genus)

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