Veronicella sloanii
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| Species: | V. sloanei
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| Veronicella sloanei (Cuvier, 1817)
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Veronicella sloanii | |
Veronicella sloanei, commons name Pancake Slug, is a species of slugs from family Veronicellidae.
Description
Colours may vary from white, cream and grey. They have grey markings.
They grow up to 12 cm.
Distribution
The indigenous distribution of Veronicella sloanei is Jamaica.[1]
Other (nonindigenous?)[citation needed] distribution includes: Barbados, Bermuda, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent[2] and Cuba.
It have been introduced to Florida and it became an agriculture pest there.[2]
Ecology
Habitat
moist conditions
nocturnal slug.
Life cycle
It lays clutch of around 30 eggs about 5 mm in diameter.[3] The hatching time in captivity was 15 days at 24 °C.[3]
References
- ^ Gary Rosenberg & Igor Muratov. Distribution of non-endemic species of terrestrial mollusks from Jamaica. Published May 2003, modified 5 August 2005, accessed 27 October 2008.
- ^ a b Lionel A. Stange. http://www.doacs.state.fl.us/pi/enpp/ento/snail_slugs-pa.html accessed 26 October 2008, Created in Septempber 2004, updated in March 2006.
- ^ a b http://www.petsnails.co.uk/species/veronicella_sloanei.html accessed 27 October 2008
Further reading
- Quattrini D, Lanza B. Observations on the gonads of Veronicella sloanei (Cuvier) (Gastropoda soleolifera veronicellidae). Boll Soc Ital Biol Sper. 1968 Dec 15;44(23):2023-6. (in Italian)
- http://rbt.biologia.ucr.ac.cr/malacolg/maceira.pdf
