Veronicelloidea
| Veronicelloidea | |
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| A live individual of Laevicaulis alte | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Systellommatophora |
| Superfamily: | Veronicelloidea Gray, 1840 |
| Families | |
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family Veronicellidae | |
| Synonyms | |
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Rathouisioidea | |
Veronicelloidea is a superfamily of air-breathing land slugs. They are terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the clade Systellommatophora.[1]
Taxonomy
[edit]The following two families were recognized in the taxonomy of Bouchet & Rocroi (2005):
- family Veronicellidae Gray, 1840
- family Rathouisiidae Heude, 1885
References
[edit]- ^ Bouchet, Philippe; Rocroi, Jean-Pierre; Frýda, Jiri; Hausdorf, Bernard; Ponder, Winston; Valdés, Ángel & Warén, Anders (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". Malacologia. 47 (1–2). Hackenheim, Germany: ConchBooks: 1–397. ISBN 3-925919-72-4. ISSN 0076-2997.