Athoracophorinae

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
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)
Synonyms[2]
Janellidae Gray, 1853

Distribution

Species in this subfamily are endemic to New Zealand, including its subantarctic islands.^[3]

Taxonomy

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]

• Athoracophorinae P. Fischer, 1883 (1860) - synonym: Janellidae Gray, 1853 (inv.), found in New Zealand, including its subantarctic islands.^[3]
• Aneitinae Gray, 1860, found in eastern Australia, New Guinea (including the Bismarck Archipelago and Admiralty Islands), Vanauatu, and New Caledonia.^[3]

Genera

Genera within the subfamily Athoracophorinae include:^[6]

• Athoracophorus Gould, 1852
• Palliopodex Burton, 1963
• Pseudaneitea Cockerell, 1891