Reflectopallium papillatum

Taxobox
name = "Reflectopallium papillatum"


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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 = "Reflectopallium"
species = "R. papillatum"
binomial = "Reflectopallium papillatum"
binomial_authority = Burton, 1963

"Reflectopallium papillatum", commonly known as one of the leaf-veined slugs, is a species of air-breathing land slug, specifically a leaf-veined slug, a terrestrial gastropod mollusc in the family Athoracophoridae.

Distribution

This species is endemic to Mt Algidus in the South Island of New Zealand.

Description

This species has 17 lateral grooves on either side, mostly unbranched. There are three longitudinal rows of hemispherical white-tipped papillae on either side. The two tentacles are not externally apparent. There is only a vestigial internal shell in the form of numerous small calcareous particles. The slug's body coloration is dark grey.

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]