Laevicaulis

Laevicaulis is a taxonomic genus of air-breathing, tropical land slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Veronicellidae, the leatherleaf slugs.^[1]

Laevicaulis
Laevicaulis alte
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Systellommatophora
Family:	Veronicellidae
Genus:	Laevicaulis Simroth, 1913
Type species
Vaginula comorensis P. Fischer, 1883
Species
See text
Synonyms
Annulicaulis Simroth, 1913 (junior synonym) Eleutherocaulis Simroth, 1913 (objective synonym) Filicaulis (Eleutherocaulis) Simroth, 1913 Meisenheimeria Grimpe & Hoffmann, 1924 (junior synonym) Vaginula (Annulicaulis) Simroth, 1913 (junior synonym) Vaginula (Eleutherocaulis) Simroth, 1913 Vaginula (Laevicaulis) Simroth, 1913

Species

Species within the genus Laevicaulis include:

• Laevicaulis alte (Férussac, 1822)
• Laevicaulis giganteus (Godwin-Austen, 1895)
• Laevicaulis haroldi (Collinge, 1901) - Purcell's hunter slug
• Laevicaulis natalensis (F. Krauss, 1848)
• Laevicaulis somalicus (Colosi, 1927)
• Laevicaulis striatus (Simroth, 1896)
• Laevicaulis stuhlmanni (Simroth, 1895)
• Laevicaulis vosseleri (Simroth, 1913)
• Laevicaulis zanzibaricus Forcart, 1953

Species brought into synonymy

• Laevicaulis comorensis (P. Fischer, 1883): synonym of Laevicaulis alte (Férussac, 1822) (junior synonym)
• Laevicaulis maillardi (P. Fischer, 1871): synonym of Laevicaulis alte (Férussac, 1822) (junior synonym)
• Laevicaulis saxicolus (Cockerell, 1893): synonym of Laevicaulis natalensis natalensis (F. Krauss, 1848) (junior synonym)