Leidyula floridana, common name the Florida leatherleaf, is a species of tropical air-breathing land slug, shell-less terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Veronicellidae.
Distribution Leidyula floridana, a slug species native to the Caribbean (Cuba to Jamaica) and southern Florida, has extended its range to northern Florida. It is also found in Louisiana and Texas.Stange LA, Deisler JE, Fasulo TR. 2009. Slugs of Florida Featured Creatures. Last accessed 2009-05-01 As a non-native species, it has been identified in Mexico,Naranjo-García E., Thomé J. W. & Castillejo J. (2007). "A review of the Veronicellidae from Mexico (Gastropoda: Soleolifera). Revisión de los Veronicellidae de México (Gastropoda: Soleolifera)". Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 78: 41-50." Nicaragua, Pérez A. M., Sotelo M., Arana I. & López A. (2008). "Diversidad de moluscos gasterópodos terrestres en la región del Pacífico de Nicaragua y sus preferencias de hábitat". Rev. Biol. Trop. 56(1): 317-332,. PDF and Cuba.Maceira D. F. (2003). "Las especies de la familia Veronicellidae (Mollusca, Soleolifera) en Cuba". Revista de Biología Tropical 51(3): 453-461. PDF .
References
Further reading Cook A. (1986) "Functional aspects of the mucus-producing glands of the Systellommatophoran slug, Veronicella floridana". Journal of Zoology 211(2): 291-305.
External links
Leidyula floridana on the UF / IFAS Featured Creatures Web site and photo drawings of anatomy of Leidyula floridana by Joseph Leidy