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Tropical leatherleaf

Laevicaulis alte (A. Férussac, 1822)

Status not recordedsnails and slugs

The tropical leatherleaf (Laevicaulis alte) is a species in the family Veronicellidae, order Systellommatophora.

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Quick facts about the tropical leatherleaf

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 tropical leatherleaf live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the tropical leatherleaf as introduced in 5 countries, and flagged as invasive in 2 of them.

  1. New Caledoniainvasive
  2. United Arab Emiratesinvasive
  3. French Polynesia
  4. Sri Lanka
  5. Vanuatu

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 tropical leatherleaf 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 tropical leatherleaf classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumMollusca
  3. classGastropoda
  4. orderSystellommatophora
  5. familyVeronicellidae
  6. genusLaevicaulis
  7. SpeciesLaevicaulis alte (A. Férussac, 1822)

Synonyms Eleutherocaulis alte, Filicaulis alte, Filicaulis frauenfeldi, Laevicaulis comorensis, Laevicaulis maillardi, Meisenheimeria alte, Meisenheimeria leydigi, Vaginula bocagei, Vaginula brevis, Vaginula comorensis, Vaginula elegans, Vaginula frauenfeldi, Vaginula leptopus, Vaginula leydigi, Vaginula leydigi var. celebensis, Vaginula leydigi var. keyana, Vaginula maculosa, Vaginula petersi, Vaginula simrothi, Vaginulus alte, Vaginulus petersi, Veronicella petersi, Veronicella willeyi

Other names and names in other languages (6)
  • Tropical leatherleaf slugEnglish
  • Limaccia delle foglie tropicaleItalian
  • アシヒダナメクジJapanese
  • 高突滑陽蛞蝓Chinese
  • 皺足蛞蝓Chinese
  • 褐皺足蛞蝓Chinese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the tropical leatherleaf

Other species in the same genus Laevicaulis.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the tropical leatherleaf an invasive species?

In some places. The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species flags the tropical leatherleaf as invasive in 2 countries: New Caledonia and United Arab Emirates. It lists it as introduced in 5 in all.

What kind of animal is the tropical leatherleaf?

The tropical leatherleaf (Laevicaulis alte) 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). Tropical leatherleaf (Laevicaulis alte). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/tropical-leatherleaf

MLA

“Tropical leatherleaf (Laevicaulis alte).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/tropical-leatherleaf.

BibTeX
@misc{tropical_leatherleaf_2026,
  title = {Tropical leatherleaf (Laevicaulis alte)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/tropical-leatherleaf},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}