Peronia verruculata

Peronia verruculata
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Systellommatophora
Family:	Onchidiidae
Genus:	Peronia
Species:	P. verruculata
Binomial name
	Peronia verruculata; (Cuvier, 1830)
Synonyms
	Onchidium verruculatum Cuvier, 1830; Oncidium elberti Simroth, 1918; Peronia alderi J.E. Gray, 1850; Peronia savignyi Recluz, 1869;

Peronia verruculata is a species of air-breathing sea slug, a shell-less marine pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Onchidiidae.^[1]

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Indian Ocean along Madagascar.

Human Use

In the Philippines, Peronia verruculata, is considered a delicacy in certain coastal communities. The slug is typically harvested from intertidal areas and consumed raw with simple sauces made from kalamansi with soy sauce.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b Peronia verruculata (Cuvier, 1830). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 30 September 2010.
^ "How to eat warty slugs".

Dayrat, B. (2009) Review of the current knowledge of the systematics of Onchidiidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Pulmonata) with a checklist of nominal species. Zootaxa 2068: 1–26

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[WoRMS-1] Peronia verruculata (Cuvier, 1830). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 30 September 2010.

[HowToCook-2] "How to eat warty slugs".

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