Veronicella sloanii

Veronicella sloanii
A live individual of Veronicella sloanii, head end towards the bottom of the image
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Systellommatophora
Family: Veronicellidae
Genus: Veronicella
Species:
V. sloanii
Binomial name
Veronicella sloanii
(Cuvier, 1817)
Synonyms
  • Veronicella sloanei (Cuvier, 1817)
  • Onchidium sloanii Cuvier, 1817
  • Veronicella laevis Blainville, 1817
  • Vaginula sloanei partim.
  • Vaginula sloanii sloanii partim.
  • Vaginula sloanii schivelyae

Veronicella sloanii, commonly called the pancake slug, is a species of air-breathing land slug, a terrestrial, pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Veronicellidae, the leatherleaf slugs.

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