Peltella

Peltella is a genus of air-breathing, tropical semi-slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Bulimulidae. It occurs in the Atlantic neotropical South America, being endemic to the humid tropical and subtropical forests of southeastern Brazil. The animals have pale pink to yellow general body coloration with white streaks (e.g., Peltella iheringi) and are devoid of an external shell.[1][2]

Peltella
A live individual of Peltella iheringi
P. Iheringi hanging on leaves on the slope of Serra do Mar, between Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Bulimulidae
Genus: Peltella
Gray, 1855
Diversity
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Peltella is endemic to the tropical and subtropical forests of southeastern Brazil.

Species

The genus includes the following species:

  • Peltella palliolum (Férussac, 1821)
  • Peltella iheringi Leme, 1968

References
  1. von Ihering, H. (1892). "Descripção e anatomia da Peltella" (PDF). Arquivos do Museu Nacional do Rio de Janeiro (in Portuguese). 8: 135–153.
  2. "Peltella Gray, 1855". MolluscaBase. Retrieved 6 July 2019.
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