Paraguayan black velvet leatherleaf slug
(Belocaulus angustipes)
This species is Introduced in the United States
Introduced slug that is up to 3.5 in long. It is often a matte black with a tan stripe down the back, thgouh the strip may be hard to see as they get older.
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Maps
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Taxonomic Rank
| Domain: Eukarya |
| Kingdom: Animalia |
| Phylum: Mollusca |
| Class: Gastropoda |
| Subclass: Heterobranchia |
| Infraclass: Euthyneura |
| Superorder: Eupulmonata |
| Order: Systellommatophora |
| Superfamily: Veronicelloidea |
| Family: Veronicellidae |
| Genus: Belocaulus |
| Belocaulus angustipes |
References
Common Name Reference: Encyclopedia of Life. Available from http://www.eol.org.
Scientific Name Reference: Roskov Y., Abucay L., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Kunze T., Culham A., Bailly N., Kirk P., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., De Wever A., eds. (2015). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 2015 Annual Checklist. Digital resource at www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-checklist/2015. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-884X.