Reflectopallium marmoratum

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Reflectopallium marmoratum
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. marmoratum
Binomial name
Reflectopallium marmoratum
(Simroth, 1889)
Synonyms

Athoracophorus marmoratus Simroth, 1889
Athoracophorus martensi Suter, 1909

Reflectopallium marmoratum, commonly known as one of the leaf-veined slugs, is a species of air-breathing land slug, specifically a leaf-veined slug, a terrestrial gastropod mollusc in the family Athoracophoridae.

[edit] Distribution

This species is endemic to New Zealand's Auckland Islands and Australia's Macquarie Island, both south of New Zealand.

[edit] Description

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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