Athoracophorinae

Athoracophorinae
Individual of a species of Athoracophorinae from Auckland Island observed in January 2023
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Athoracophoridae
Subfamily: Athoracophorinae
P. Fischer, 1883 (1860)
Synonyms
  • Janellidae Gray, 1853

Athoracophorinae, common name the leaf-veined slugs, are a subfamily in the family Athoracophoridae, which are air-breathing, stalk-eyed land slugs, or terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks. They are endemic to New Zealand, including its subantarctic islands.