Veronicella sloanii
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Veronicella sloanei, common name the Pancake Slug, is a species of air-breathing land slug, a terrestrial, pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Veronicellidae, the leatherleaf slugs.
Description
The body color in this species varies; it can be white, cream or grey, with grey markings.
These slugs grow up to 12 cm in length.
Distribution
The indigenous distribution of Veronicella sloanei is Jamaica.[1]
Other non-indigenous distribution includes: Barbados, Bermuda, Dominica (first report from Dominica in 2009),[2] Dominican Republic, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent[3] and Cuba (Bahia Honda in Pinar del Río Province).[4]
This slug has been introduced to Florida and it has become an agriculture pest there.[3]
Ecology
Habitat
This slug lives in moist conditions and is nocturnal.
Life cycle
The slug lays a clutch of about 30 eggs, which are about 5 mm in diameter.[5] The hatching time in captivity was 15 days at 24 °C.[5]
References
- ^ Rosenberg G. & Muratov I. (2003-2005) Distribution of non-endemic species of terrestrial mollusks from Jamaica. Published May 2003, modified 5 August 2005, accessed 27 October 2008.
- ^ Robinson D. G., Hovestadt A., Fields A. & Breure A. S. H. (July 2009). "The land Mollusca of Dominica (Lesser Antilles), with notes on some enigmatic or rare species". Zoologische Mededelingen 83 http://www.zoologischemededelingen.nl/83/nr03/a13
- ^ a b Stange L. A. (2004-2006) "Snails and Slugs of Regulatory Significance to Florida". Accessed 26 October 2008, created in Septempber 2004, updated in March 2006.
- ^ Maceira D. F. 2003. Las especies de la familia Veronicellidae (Mollusca, Soleolifera) en Cuba. Rev. Biol. Trop. 51(3): 453-461.
- ^ a b Anonymous. (2005) "Veronicella (Veronicella) sloanei (Cuvier, 1817) Pancake Slug". PetSnails.co.uk. Accessed 27 October 2008.
Further reading
- Template:It icon Quattrini D. & Lanza B. (15 December 1968). "Observations on the gonads of Veronicella sloanei (Cuvier) (Gastropoda soleolifera veronicellidae)". Boll Soc Ital Biol Sper. 44(23): 2023-2026.
