Pseudaneitea gravisulca

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Pseudaneitea gravisulca
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. gravisulca
Binomial name
Pseudaneitea gravisulca
Burton, 1963

Pseudaneitea gravisulca 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 South Island, around Picton and Queen Charlotte Sound.

[edit] Description

This species has 17 very deep lateral grooves on either side. The two tentacles do not protrude. There is only a vestigial internal shell in the form of numerous small calcareous particles. The back is minutely granulate, buff with numerous longitudinally arranged black spots.

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