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| Genus: | Pseudaneitea Cockerell, 1891
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| Species: | P. aspera
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| Pseudaneitea aspera Burton, 1963
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Pseudaneitea aspera is a leaf-veined slug, a terrestrial gastropod mollusc in the family Athoracophoridae.
Distribution
This species is endemic to the South Island of New Zealand, in beech forest in Canterbury's upper Mason River valley.
Habitat
Description
This species has 20 shallow lateral grooves on either side, mostly unbranched. Small papillae densely cover the back. The two tentacles are barely noticeable. There is only a vestigial internal shell in the form of numerous small calcareous particles.
Life habits
References
- Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
- NZETC
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