Peronia verruculata

Peronia verruculata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Systellommatophora
Family: Onchidiidae
Genus: Peronia
Species:
P. verruculata
Binomial name
Peronia verruculata
(Cuvier, 1830)
Synonyms[1]
  • Onchidium verruculatum Cuvier, 1830
  • Oncidium elberti Simroth, 1918
  • Peronia alderi J.E. Gray, 1850
  • Peronia savignyi Recluz, 1869

Peronia verruculata is a species of air-breathing sea slug, a shell-less marine pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Onchidiidae.[1]

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Indian Ocean along Madagascar.

Human Use

In the Philippines, Peronia verruculata, is considered a delicacy in certain coastal communities. The slug is typically harvested from intertidal areas and consumed raw with simple sauces made from kalamansi with soy sauce.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b Peronia verruculata (Cuvier, 1830). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 30 September 2010.
  2. ^ "How to eat warty slugs".
  • Dayrat, B. (2009) Review of the current knowledge of the systematics of Onchidiidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Pulmonata) with a checklist of nominal species. Zootaxa 2068: 1–26
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