Peltella

Genus of gastropods

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
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Mollusca
Class:  | Gastropoda
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.

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]

## Species

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The genus includes the following species:

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

## References

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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.

Taxon identifiers

Peltella|

* Wikidata: Q56350785
* CoL: 7PC6C
* NCBI: 1118950
* Open Tree of Life: 1082476
* WoRMS: 995873