Belocaulus

Belocaulus is a genus of air-breathing land slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Veronicellidae, the leatherleaf slugs.

Belocaulus
mating of Belocaulus angustipes
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Systellommatophora
Superfamily:
Veronicelloidea
Family:
Veronicellidae
Genus:
Belocaulus

Hoffmann, 1925[1]
Diversity
2 species

Species

References
  1. (in Portuguese) Thomé J. W. (1975) "Os gêneros da família Veronicellidae nas Américas (Mollusca; Gastropoda)". Iheringia, Porto Alegre, Série Zoologia (48): 3-56. page 13.
  2. "Belocaulus Hoffmann, 1925" Archived 2014-05-30 at the Wayback Machine. Terrestrial Slugs Web, accessed 28 May 2014


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