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Deroceras  Rafinesque, 1820
Taxonomic Serial No.: 77301

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
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  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: partial   
  Latest Record Review: 1999   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomProtostomia   
          SuperphylumSpiralia   
             PhylumMollusca  – mollusques, molusco, molluscs, mollusks  
                ClassGastropoda Cuvier, 1797 – gastropods, slugs, snails, escargots, gastéropodes, limaces, caracol, caramujo, lesma  
                   SubclassOrthogastropoda   
                      InfraclassHeterobranchia   
                         SuperorderStylommatophora   
                            OrderHelicida   
                               SuborderHelicina   
                                  InfraorderLimacoidei   
                                     SuperfamilyLimacoidea Batsch, 1789  
                                        FamilyLimacidae Batsch, 1789  
                                           GenusDeroceras Rafinesque, 1820  
    Direct Children:  
                                              SpeciesDeroceras caruanae (Pollonera, 1891) – longneck field slug 
                                              SpeciesDeroceras hesperium Pilsbry, 1944 – evening field slug, evening fieldslug 
                                              SpeciesDeroceras heterura Pilsbry, 1944 – false marsh slug, marsh slug 
                                              SpeciesDeroceras laeve (Muller, 1774) – meadow slug 
                                              SpeciesDeroceras monentolophus Pilsbry, 1944 – one-ridge field slug, one-ridge fieldslug 
                                              SpeciesDeroceras panormitanum (Lessona and Pollonera, 1882) – longneck fieldslug 
                                              SpeciesDeroceras reticulatum (Muller, 1774) – gray field slug, gray fieldslug 
       

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  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
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  Reference for: Deroceras   
       
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  Author(s)/Editor(s): Turgeon, D. D., J. F. Quinn, Jr., A. E. Bogan, E. V. Coan, F. G. Hochberg, W. G. Lyons, et al.   
  Publication Date: 1998   
  Article/Chapter Title: Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Mollusks, 2nd ed.   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: American Fisheries Society Special Publication 26   
  Page(s): 526   
  Publisher: American Fisheries Society   
  Publication Place: Bethesda, Maryland, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-888569-01-8, 0097-0638  
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  Reference for: Deroceras   
       

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