Genus Laevicaulis Simroth, 1913

Museums

Regional Maps

• Laevicaulis Simroth, H.R. 1913. Über die von Herrn Prof. Voeltzkow auf Madagaskar und in Ostafrika erbeuteten Vaginuliden, nebst verwandtem Material von ganz Afrika. 129-216 pls 13-17 in Voeltzkow, A. (ed.). Reise in Ostafrika in den Jahren 1903–1905. Stuttgart : E. Schweizerbart'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, Nägele & Dr Sproesser. [147] [first introduced as a subgenus of Eleutherocaulis Simroth, 1913; Forcart, L. 1969. Veronicellid land slugs from the New Hebrides, with description of Semperula solemi, new species. Fieldiana Zoology 51: 147–156 (148) discusses the use of Laevicaulis over Eleutherocaulis].

  Type species:

   Vaginula comorensis Fischer, 1883 by subsequent designation, see Pilsbry, H.A. 1919. A review of the land Mollusca of the Belgian Congo chiefly based on the collections of the American Museum Congo expedition 1909–1915. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 40: 1-370 [316].

  Secondary source:

   Forcart, L. 1969. Veronicellid land slugs from the New Hebrides, with description of Semperula solemi, new species. Fieldiana Zoology 51: 147-156; Bishop, M.J. 1977. Terrestrial Mollusca of Queensland: the family Veronicellidae. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 18: 53-59 pl. 18 [55].
• Eleutherocaulis Simroth, H.R. 1913. Über die von Herrn Prof. Voeltzkow auf Madagaskar und in Ostafrika erbeuteten Vaginuliden, nebst verwandtem Material von ganz Afrika. 129-216 pls 13-17 in Voeltzkow, A. (ed.). Reise in Ostafrika in den Jahren 1903–1905. Stuttgart : E. Schweizerbart'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, Nägele & Dr Sproesser. [202].

  Type species:

   Vaginula comorensis Fischer, 1883 by subsequent designation, see Pilsbry, H.A. 1919. A review of the land Mollusca of the Belgian Congo chiefly based on the collections of the American Museum Congo expedition 1909–1915. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 40: 1-370 [316].
• Meisenheimeria Grimpe, G. & Hoffmann, H. 1924. Diagnosen neuer Athoracophoriden (Gastropod. Pulm.). Zoologischer Anzeiger 58: 171-177 [20 Jan. 1924] [177].

  Type species:

   Vaginula frauenfeldi Semper, 1885 by original designation.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Forcart, L. 1969. Veronicellid land slugs from the New Hebrides, with description of Semperula solemi, new species. Fieldiana Zoology 51: 147-156 [148]

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Native to Africe. Introduced elsewhere including Australia. Most tropical regions of the world

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

NT, Qld, WA: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Northern Kimberley (NK), Pine Creek (PCK), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales
  • Northern Territory
  • Queensland
  • Western Australia

Distribution References

General References

Stanisic, J., Shea, M., Potter, D. & Griffiths, O. 2017. Australian Land Snails. Volume 2. A field guide to southern, central and western species. Mauritius : Bioculture Press Vol. 2 pp. 580. [for nomenclature purposes, all taxa described in this volume must be dated 2018] [48]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
03-Oct-2018	HETEROBRANCHIA	08-Jun-2018	MODIFIED	Ingo Burghardt (AM) Ms Anouk Mututantri
04-Feb-2014	VERONICELLIDAE	04-Feb-2014	MODIFIED	Dr John Stanisic
		12-Feb-2010	(import)