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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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Pancake Slug being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Sarasinula linguaeformis
- Sarasinula plebeia
- Laevicaulis natalensis
- Phyllocaulis boraceiensis
- Leidyula moreleti
- Testacella haliotidea
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Mollusca
- Class
- Gastropoda
- Order
- Systellommatophora
- Family
- Veronicellidae
- Genus
- Veronicella
- Species
- Veronicella sloanii
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