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Subfamily of gastropods From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Athoracophorinae, common name the leaf-veined slugs, are a subfamily in the family Athoracophoridae, which are air-breathing, stalk-eyed land slugs, or terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks. They are endemic to New Zealand, including its subantarctic islands.
Athoracophorinae | |
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Individual of a species of Athoracophorinae from Auckland Island observed in January 2023 | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Order: | Stylommatophora |
Family: | Athoracophoridae |
Subfamily: | Athoracophorinae P. Fischer, 1883[1] (1860) |
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Species in this subfamily are endemic to New Zealand, including its subantarctic islands.[3]
Athoracophorinae is one of two subfamilies in the family Athoracophoridae, which in turn is the only family in the superfamily Athoracophoroidea.[4] The following two subfamilies have been recognized in the taxonomy of Bouchet & Rocroi (2005),[4] that follows the classification of Grimpe & Hoffmann (1925):[5]
Genera within the subfamily Athoracophorinae include:[6]
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