Pseudaneitea campbellensis

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Pseudaneitea campbellensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Orthogastropoda
Superorder: Heterobranchia
Order: Pulmonata
Suborder: Eupulmonata
Infraorder: Stylommatophora
Superfamily: Athoracophoroidea
Family: Athoracophoridae
Genus: Pseudaneitea
Cockerell, 1891
Species: P. campbellensis
Binomial name
Pseudaneitea campbellensis
Burton, 1963

Pseudaneitea campbellensis is a species of air-breathing land slug, a terrestrial gastropod mollusc in the family Athoracophoridae, the leaf-veined slugs.

[edit] Distribution

This species is endemic to New Zealand's Campbell Island.

[edit] Description

This species has 17 lateral grooves on either side, very few unbranched. The two tentacles are barely noticeable. There is only a vestigial internal shell in the form of numerous small calcareous particles. There are numerous irregular black spots on the back.

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