Pseudaneitea powelli

Taxobox
name = "Pseudaneitea powelli"


image_caption =
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Mollusca
classis = Gastropoda
subclassis = Orthogastropoda
superordo = Heterobranchia
ordo = Pulmonata
subordo = Eupulmonata
infraordo = Stylommatophora
subinfraorder = Sigmurethra
superfamilia = Athoracophoroidea
familia = Athoracophoridae
genus = "Pseudaneitea"
genus_authority = Cockerell, 1891
species = "P. powelli"
binomial = "Pseudaneitea powelli"
binomial_authority = Burton, 1963

"Pseudaneitea powelli" is a species of air-breathing land slug, a terrestrial gastropod mollusc in the family Athoracophoridae, the leaf-veined slugs.

Distribution

This species is endemic to the South Island of New Zealand, at Coronet Peak and Te Anau.

Habitat

This species lives under stones in alpine tussock.

Description

This species has 19 lateral grooves on either side, most unbranched, and no papillae. The two tentacles are in the form of short solid bumps. There is only a vestigial internal shell in the form of numerous small calcareous particles. Coloration is dark grey or brown.

References

* Powell A. W. B., "New Zealand Mollusca", William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
* [http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/tei-Bio11Tuat02-t1-body-d7.html NZETC]