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Laevicaulis alte

Tropical Leatherleaf Slug

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: Tropical Leatherleaf Slug, Garden Slug

TRADITIONAL NAMES: Patito ‘Enua (MT AK)

GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: NATIVE e.Africa?; EXOTIC EXOTIC India - Australia - Samoa - Cooks - ?, Hawai‘i

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Introduced - Recent, Naturalised; Land, lowlands; agricultural areas and disturbed forest

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Cook Islands Distribution

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Southern Group: Present    Makatea: Present
RR 
MG
AT
MK
MT
AK
PL
TK
MN
+++
P
P

Northern Group:
TN 
MH
RK
PK
NS
SW

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Scientific Taxonomy

Laevicaulis alte (Férussac, 1822)
SYNONYMS: Vaginulus alte Férussac, 1822

TAXONOMY: ANIMALIA; MOLLUSCA; GASTROPODA; PULMONATA; Systellommatophora; Soleolifera; VERONICELLIDAE

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
Rarotonga specimen, 10/2005, common in disturbed habitats, F.Brook with ID as Laevicaulis alte, on 29/10/2005 images in this database as Vaginulus plebeius were changed to Laevicaulis alte based on web research by G.McCormack and agreed by F.Brook.

References:
None recorded.

Data Update History (information):
zTX, zB05b, zM05b

Web Resources

Citation Information

McCormack, Gerald (2007) Cook Islands Biodiversity Database, Version 2007.2. Cook Islands Natural Heritage Trust, Rarotonga. Online at http://cookislands.bishopmuseum.org. Copy citation to system clipboard
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