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Cuban leaf slug

Veronicella cubensis (L. Pfeiffer, 1840)

Status not recordedsnails and slugs

The cuban leaf slug (Veronicella cubensis) is a species in the family Veronicellidae, order Systellommatophora.

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Quick facts about the cuban leaf slug

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the cuban leaf slug live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the cuban leaf slug as introduced in 4 countries.

  1. Antigua & Barbuda
  2. Barbados
  3. St. Kitts & Nevis
  4. United States

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the cuban leaf slug endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the cuban leaf slug classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumMollusca
  3. classGastropoda
  4. orderSystellommatophora
  5. familyVeronicellidae
  6. genusVeronicella
  7. SpeciesVeronicella cubensis (L. Pfeiffer, 1840)

Synonyms Onchidium cubense, Veronicella cubense

Other names and names in other languages (1)
  • Babosa CubanaSpanish

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the cuban leaf slug

Other species in the same genus Veronicella.

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Common questions

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Is the cuban leaf slug an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the cuban leaf slug as introduced in 4 countries: Antigua & Barbuda, Barbados, St. Kitts & Nevis and United States, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the cuban leaf slug?

The cuban leaf slug (Veronicella cubensis) belongs to the family Veronicellidae in the order Systellommatophora.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Cuban leaf slug (Veronicella cubensis). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/cuban-leaf-slug

MLA

“Cuban leaf slug (Veronicella cubensis).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/cuban-leaf-slug.

BibTeX
@misc{cuban_leaf_slug_2026,
  title = {Cuban leaf slug (Veronicella cubensis)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/cuban-leaf-slug},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}