Veronicelloidea
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Veronicelloidea is a superfamily
of air-breathing land slug
s. They are terrestrial
pulmonate gastropod molluscs.
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Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
of air-breathing land slug
Slug
Slug is a common name that is normally applied to any gastropod mollusc that lacks a shell, has a very reduced shell, or has a small internal shell...
s. They are terrestrial
Terrestrial animal
Terrestrial animals are animals that live predominantly or entirely on land , as compared with aquatic animals, which live predominantly or entirely in the water , or amphibians, which rely on a combination of aquatic and terrestrial habitats...
pulmonate gastropod molluscs.
Taxonomy
The following two families have been recognized in the taxonomy of Bouchet & Rocroi (2005)Taxonomy of the Gastropoda (Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005)
The taxonomy of the Gastropoda as it was revised by Philippe Bouchet and Jean-Pierre Rocroi is currently the most up-to-date overall system for classifying gastropod mollusks...
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- family VeronicellidaeVeronicellidaeThe Veronicellidae, common name the leatherleaf slugs, are a terrestrial family of pulmonate slugs.This family has no subfamilies ....
Gray, 1840 - family RathouisiidaeRathouisiidaeRathouisiidae is a family of air-breathing land slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks.- Taxonomy :The Rathouisiidae family is classified in the clade Systellommatophora within the clade Eupulmonata...
Heude, 1885