Pseudaneitea sorenseni

Taxobox
name = "Pseudaneitea sorenseni"


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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. sorenseni"
binomial = "Pseudaneitea sorenseni"
binomial_authority = Powell, 1955

"Pseudaneitea sorenseni" is a leaf-veined slug, a terrestrial gastropod mollusc in the family Athoracophoridae.

Distribution

This species is endemic to New Zealand's Campbell Island.

Habitat

Under stones.

Description

This species has 13 to 15 lateral grooves on either side, with up to four papillae in each side field (an area bounded by grooves). The two tentacles are not visible. There is only a vestigial internal shell in the form of numerous small calcareous particles. Coloration is buff with irregular black streaks.

Life habits

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]