Biology:Phyllocaulis

Short description: Genus of gastropods

Phyllocaulis
Phyllocaulis soleiformis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata clade Eupulmonata clade Systellommatophora
Superfamily:	Veronicelloidea
Family:	Veronicellidae
Genus:	Phyllocaulis

Phyllocaulis is a genus of land slugs, shell-less terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Veronicellidae, the leatherleaf slugs. This is a South American genus.

Species

Species within the genus Phyllocaulis include:

• Phyllocaulis boraceiensis
• Phyllocaulis gayi
• Phyllocaulis renschi
• Phyllocaulis soleiformis
• Phyllocaulis tuberculosus
• Phyllocaulis variegatus

References

• Gomes, S.R., Britto da Silva, F., Mendes, I.L., Thomé, J.W., Bonatto, S.L., 2010. Molecular phylogeny of the South American land slug Phyllocaulis (Mollusca, Soleolifera, Veronicellidae). - Zoologica Scripta 39: 177-186.

Wikidata ☰ Q7188666 entry