Pseudaneitea aspera
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| Pseudaneitea aspera Burton, 1963 |
Pseudaneitea aspera is a species of air-breathing land slug, a terrestrial gastropod mollusc in the family Athoracophoridae, the leaf-veined slugs.
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[edit] Distribution
This species is endemic to the South Island of New Zealand, in Canterbury's upper Mason River valley.
[edit] Habitat
This species lives in beech forest.
[edit] Description
This species has 20 shallow lateral grooves on either side, mostly unbranched. Small papillae densely cover the back. The two tentacles are barely noticeable. There is only a vestigial internal shell in the form of numerous small calcareous particles.
[edit] References
- Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
- NZETC
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