Peltella
Peltella is a genus of air-breathing, tropical semi-slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Bulimulidae. It occurs in the Atlantic neotropical South America, being endemic to the humid tropical and subtropical forests of southeastern Brazil. The animals have pale pink to yellow general body coloration with white streaks (e.g., Peltella iheringi) and are devoid of an external shell.[2][3]
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| A live individual of Peltella iheringi | |
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| P. Iheringi hanging on leaves on the slope of Serra do Mar, between Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo | |
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| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata clade Eupulmonata clade Stylommatophora informal group Sigmurethra |
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| Genus: | Peltella Gray, 1855 |
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| Peltella is endemic to the tropical and subtropical forests of southeastern Brazil. | |
Species
The genus includes the following species:
- Peltella palliolum (Férussac, 1821)
- Peltella iheringi Leme, 1968
References
- Breure A. S. H. & Romero P. (2012). "Support and surprises: molecular phylogeny of the land snail superfamily Orthalicoidea using a three-locus gene analysis with a divergence time analysis and ancestral area reconstruction (Gastropoda: Stylommatophora)". Archiv für Molluskenkunde: International Journal of Malacology 141(1): 1-20. doi:10.1127/arch.moll/1869-0963/141/001-020.
- von Ihering, H. (1892). "Descripção e anatomia da Peltella" (PDF). Arquivos do Museu Nacional do Rio de Janeiro (in Portuguese). 8: 135–153.
- "Peltella Gray, 1855". MolluscaBase. Retrieved 6 July 2019.
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