Tekoulina
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Achatinellidae |
| Subfamily: | Tekoulininae Solem, 1972 |
| Genus: | Tekoulina Solem, 1972[1] |
Tekoulina is a genus of gastropod in the family Achatinellidae, and the only member of the subfamily Tekoulininae. It was formerly allocated to the family Veronicellidae - the leatherleaf slugs.
It contains only one species Tekoulina pricei and is known to be viviparous.[1] It is endemic to Rarotonga in the Cook Islands.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Solem A. (1972). "Tekoulina, a new viviparous tornatellinid land snail from Rarotonga, Cook Islands". Journal of Molluscan Studies. 40 (2): 93–114., abstract.
- ^ "Tekoulina". Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
- Schileyko, A. A. (1998). Treatise on Recent terrestrial pulmonate molluscs. Part 1. Achatinellidae, Amastridae, Orculidae, Strobilopsidae, Spelaeodiscidae, Valloniidae, Cochlicopidae, Pupillidae, Chondrinidae, Pyramidellidae. Ruthenica. Supplement 2: 1-127. Moskva