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| Genus: | Palliopodex Burton, 1963
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| Species: | P. verrucosus
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| Palliopodex verrucosus (Simroth, 1889)
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Palliopodex verrucosus is a leaf-veined slug, a terrestrial gastropod mollusc in the family Athoracophoridae. It is the only species in the genus Palliopodex.
Distribution
This species is endemic to the Auckland Islands of New Zealand.
Habitat
Description
This species has 20 shallow lateral grooves on either side, nearly all unbranched. Papillae are very numerous, small and conical. The two tentacles are barely noticeable. There is only a vestigial internal shell in the form of numerous small calcareous particles. Coloration is uniformly black, or yellowish-brown with a median black stripe, and bands of black streaks and spots flanking the midline on either side.
Life habits
References
- Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
- NZETC
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