Reflectopallium pseudophyllum

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Reflectopallium pseudophyllum
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. pseudophyllum
Binomial name
Reflectopallium pseudophyllum
Burton, 1963

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

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[edit] Distribution

This species is endemic to Hawdon River Forks in the South Island of New Zealand.

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[edit] Description

This species has 14 to 18 lateral grooves on either side, all branching. The papillae are low, rounded, and pairs are often fused into low ridges. The two tentacles are thick and protrude directly forward, about half the length of those of Athoracophorus bitentaculatus. There is only a vestigial internal shell in the form of numerous small calcareous particles. Coloration is brownish-grey, mottled with black.

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