Veronicella cubensis

Veronicella cubensis
	A live individual of Veronicella cubensis
Conservation status
	NE[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Heterobranchia; clade Euthyneura; clade Panpulmonata; clade Eupulmonata; clade Systellommatophora
Superfamily:	Veronicelloidea
Family:	Veronicellidae
Genus:	Veronicella
Species:	V. cubensis
Binomial name
	Veronicella cubensis; (L. Pfeiffer, 1840)
Synonyms[2]
	Onchidium sp. Pfeiffer, 1839; Onchidium cubense Pfeiffer, 1840; Vaginulus cubensis Pfeiffer;

Veronicella cubensis, common name the Cuban slug, is a species of air-breathing land slug, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Veronicellidae, the leatherleaf slugs.

Distribution

This species occurs in countries and areas including:

Cuba[2]
Introduced in California[3]
Introduced in Dominica[4]

This species is already established in the USA, and is considered to represent a potentially serious threat as a pest, an invasive species which could negatively affect agriculture, natural ecosystems, human health or commerce. Therefore it has been suggested that this species be given top national quarantine significance in the USA.[5]

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References

IUCN (2007). 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Archived June 27, 2014, at the Wayback Machine Downloaded on 7 August 2008.
Maceira D. F. (2003). "Las especies de la familia Veronicellidae (Mollusca, Soleolifera) en Cuba". Revista de Biología Tropical 51(3): 453-461. PDF.
Mc Donnell et al. (2008). "A record of the invasive slug Veronicella cubensis (Pfeiffer, 1840) in California".
Robinson D. G., Hovestadt A., Fields A. & Breure A. S. H. (July 2009). "The land Mollusca of Dominica (Lesser Antilles), with notes on some enigmatic or rare species". Zoologische Mededelingen 83 http://www.zoologischemededelingen.nl/83/nr03/a13
Cowie R. H., Dillon R. T., Robinson D. G. & Smith J. W. (2009). "Alien non-marine snails and slugs of priority quarantine importance in the United States: A preliminary risk assessment". American Malacological Bulletin 27: 113-132. PDF Archived 2016-06-16 at the Wayback Machine.

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[1] IUCN (2007). 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Archived June 27, 2014, at the Wayback Machine Downloaded on 7 August 2008.

[Maceira-2] Maceira D. F. (2003). "Las especies de la familia Veronicellidae (Mollusca, Soleolifera) en Cuba". Revista de Biología Tropical 51(3): 453-461. PDF.

[3] Mc Donnell et al. (2008). "A record of the invasive slug Veronicella cubensis (Pfeiffer, 1840) in California".

[Robinson_2009-4] Robinson D. G., Hovestadt A., Fields A. & Breure A. S. H. (July 2009). "The land Mollusca of Dominica (Lesser Antilles), with notes on some enigmatic or rare species". Zoologische Mededelingen 83 http://www.zoologischemededelingen.nl/83/nr03/a13

[5] Cowie R. H., Dillon R. T., Robinson D. G. & Smith J. W. (2009). "Alien non-marine snails and slugs of priority quarantine importance in the United States: A preliminary risk assessment". American Malacological Bulletin 27: 113-132. PDF Archived 2016-06-16 at the Wayback Machine.