Reflectopallium delli

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Reflectopallium delli
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Orthogastropoda
Superorder: Heterobranchia
Order: Pulmonata
Suborder: Eupulmonata
Infraorder: Stylommatophora
Superfamily: Athoracophoroidea
Family: Athoracophoridae
Genus: Reflectopallium
Species: R. maculosus
Binomial name
Reflectopallium delli
Burton, 1963

Reflectopallium delli is an air-breathing land slug, specifically a leaf-veined slug, a terrestrial gastropod mollusc in the family Athoracophoridae.

[edit] Distribution

This species is endemic to islands in Pelorus Sound in the South Island of New Zealand.

[edit] Description

This species has 17 lateral grooves on either side, mostly bifid. The papillae are very numerous, minute, and hemispherical. The two tentacles are not externally apparent. There is only a vestigial internal shell in the form of numerous small calcareous particles.

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