Veronicella cubensis facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Veronicella cubensis
A live individual of Veronicella cubensis
Conservation status
NE
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
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
• Introduced in California
• Introduced in Dominica

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.

• 

  In Molokai, Hawaii

See also

In Spanish: Veronicella cubensis para niños