Pseudaneitea johnsi

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Pseudaneitea johnsi
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. johnsi
Binomial name
Pseudaneitea johnsi
Burton, 1963

Pseudaneitea johnsi 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 D'Urville Island, in heavy forest.

[edit] Description

This species has 16 lateral grooves on either side, with two or three papillae in each side field (an area bounded by grooves). There is only a vestigial internal shell in the form of numerous small calcareous particles. Coloration is grey, with a triangular black spot on the posterior apex of the mantle area.

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