Species Laevicaulis alte (Férussac, 1821)

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Species Laevicaulis alte (Férussac, 1821)

Tropical Leatherleaf Slug

Vaginulus alte Férussac, A.E.J.P.J.F. d'A. de 1821. Tableaux Systematiques des Animaux Mollusques: suivis d'un prodrome général pour tous les mollusques terrestres ou fluviatiles vivantes ou fossiles. Paris : Bertrand xlvii 114 pp. [Jan. 1821] [14].
Type data:
Holotype MNHP no number, Pondicherry, India.
Secondary source:
Bishop, M.J. 1977. Terrestrial Mollusca of Queensland: the family Veronicellidae. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 18: 53-59 pl. 18 [53].
Vaginula leydigi Simroth, H.R. 1889. Ueber einige Vaginula–Arten. Zoologischer Anzeiger 12: 551-556, 574-578 [24 Oct. 1889] [552].
Type data:
Status unknown, whereabouts unknown presumed lost, Brisbane, QLD.

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]

Generic Combinations

Laevicaulis alte (Férussac, 1821).

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

NT and WA. eastern coastal Qld, Native to eastern Africa

Introduced from eastern Africa.

Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.

IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

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

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]

Ecological Descriptors

Crop, nocturnal, omnivore, pastures, suburban gardens.

Extra Ecological Information

Paddocks and cultivated areas; often seen after rain

General References

Raut, S.K. & Panigrahi, A. 1988. Egg-nesting in the garden slug Laevicaulis alte (Férussac) (Gastropoda: Soleolifera). Malacological Review 21: 101-107 (biology)

Raut, S.K. & Panigrahi, A. 1990. Feeding rhythm in the garden slug Laevicaulis alte (Soleolifera: Veronicellidae). Malacological Review 23: 39-46 (biology)

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.

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	23-Apr-2012	MODIFIED	Dr John Stanisic
		12-Feb-2010	(import)

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