Sarasinula plebeia

Sarasinula plebeia
	A live individual of Sarasinula plebeia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Heterobranchia; clade Euthyneura; clade Panpulmonata; clade Eupulmonata; clade Systellommatophora;
Superfamily:	Veronicelloidea
Family:	Veronicellidae
Genus:	Sarasinula
Species:	S. plebeia
Binomial name
	Sarasinula plebeia; (P. Fischer, 1868)
Synonyms
	Angustipes dubia; Angustipes dubius; Angustipes plebeius; Imerimia plebeja; Sarasinula dubia (Semper); Sarasinula lemei (Thomé, 1967); Sarasinula plebeja (Grimpe & Hoffman, 1925); Vaginula behni (Semper, 1885); Vaginula dubia; Vaginula moerchi; Vaginula plebeja (Fischer, 1868); Vaginula plebeius; Vaginulus dubius; Vaginulus plebeius (Fischer, 1868); Vernicella plebeius; Viginula dubia; Viginula moerchi;

Sarasinula plebeia, commonly called the bean slug or the Caribbean leatherleaf slug, is a species of air-breathing land slug, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Veronicellidae, the leatherleaf slugs.

As of November 2012^[update], some websites and databases (including the ITIS entry) have a species listed as "Sarasomia plebeia" by the same author.

Distribution[edit]

Sarasinula plebeia was originally discovered and described under name Vaginulus plebeius by French zoologist Paul Henri Fischer from New Caledonia in 1868.^[1] The type locality is New Caledonia.^[1]

The distribution of Sarasinula plebeia includes:

Cuba^[4]
Jamaica^[5]
Saint Martin, Leeward Islands^[6]
Dominica^[5]
Canouan^[5]
Saba Island^[6]
"Southern USA"^[5]
from Mexico^[2] to Panama:^[5]
- Mexico^[7]
- Costa Rica^[8]
Rio Grande do Sul,^[9] Brazil
Venezuela^[10]

It was also introduced to Australasia and some Pacific island groups:^[5]

Saipan,^[6] Mariana Islands
Ritidian Point,^[6] Guam
San José, Leyte, Philippines^[6]
Wasi, Ambon Island, Moluccas^[6]
Vate, Aoba Island, Malakula Island, Espiritu Santo and Malo Island, New Hebrides^[11]

The species is already established in the USA, and is considered to represent a potentially serious threat as a pest, an invasive species which could negatively affect agriculture, natural ecosystems, human health or commerce. Therefore it has been suggested that this species be given top national quarantine significance in the USA.^[12]

Ecology[edit]

Parasites of Sarasinula plebeia include:

Angiostrongylus cantonensis^[13]

As a pest[edit]

In Central America, Sarasinula plebeia is a serious pest of agriculture.^[5]

Genetics[edit]

The species is economically important, but as of 2001, only partial sequences of the 28S ribosomal RNA gene of the species had been published by Dayrat et al.^[14] up to April 2010.

References[edit]

This article incorporates CC-BY-3.0 text from the reference.^[5]

^ ^a ^b ^c Fischer, P. (1868). Crosse, H.; Fischer, P. (eds.). "Diagnoses de deux Limaciens de la Nouvelle Calédonie". Journal de Conchyliologie (in French). 16. Paris: 145–146. ISSN 0021-7719. Retrieved 23 November 2012.
^ ^a ^b Naranjo-Garcia E., Thome J. W. & Castillejo J. (2007). "A review of the Veronicellidae from Mexico. (Gastropoda: Soleolifera). Revision de los Veronicellidae de Mexico (Gastropoda: Soleolifera)". Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad. 78: 41–50. doi:10.22201/ib.20078706e.2007.001.418.
^ Terrestrial Mollusc Tool: Sarasinula
^ Maceira D. F. (2003). "Las especies de la familia Veronicellidae (Mollusca, Soleolifera) en Cuba". Revista de Biología Tropical 51(3): 453-461. PDF Archived 2007-07-28 at the Wayback Machine.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Robinson D. G., Hovestadt A., Fields A. & Breure A. S. H. (July 2009). "The land Mollusca of Dominica (Lesser Antilles), with notes on some enigmatic or rare species". Zoologische Mededelingen 83 http://www.zoologischemededelingen.nl/83/nr03/a13
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Forcart L. (1973). "Notes on Veronicellidae and Athoracophoridae in Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago". The Nautilus 87(1): 25-27.
^ Naranjo-García E., Thomé J. W. & Castillejo J. (2007). "A review of the Veronicellidae from Mexico (Gastropoda: Soleolifera). Revisión de los Veronicellidae de México (Gastropoda: Soleolifera)". Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 78: 41-50."
^ (in Spanish) Barrientos Z. (2003). "Lista de especies de moluscos terrestres (Archaeogastropoda, Mesogastropoda, Archaeopulmonata, Stylommatophora, Soleolifera) informadas para Costa Rica". Rev. Biol. Trop. 51(Suppl. 3): 293-304. PDF Archived 2011-06-29 at the Wayback Machine
^ Agudo-Padrón A. I. (14 May 2009). "Recent Terrestrial and Freshwater Molluscs of Rio Grande do Sul State, RS, Southern Brazil Region: A Comprehensive Synthesis and Check List". Visaya April 2009: 1-13. PDF Archived 2012-11-05 at the Wayback Machine.
^ Fernández de V, J. 1992: Contribución al conocimiento de las babosas y sietecueros (Mollusca: Gastropoda) Revista de la Facultad de Agronomía Maracay. 12(3-4):374-387.
^ Forcart L. (1969). "Veronicellid land slugs from the New Hebrides from the New hebrides, with description of Semperula solemi, new species". Fieldiana 51(12): 147-156.
^ Cowie R. H., Dillon R. T., Robinson D. G. & Smith J. W. (2009). "Alien non-marine snails and slugs of priority quarantine importance in the United States: A preliminary risk assessment". American Malacological Bulletin 27: 113-132. PDF Archived 2016-06-16 at the Wayback Machine.
^ "Christoph Högger - Antagonists of Slugs and Snails". homepage.sunrise.ch. Archived from the original on 14 December 2007. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
^ Dayrat, B.; Tillier, A.; Lecointre, G.; Tillier, S. (2001). "New Clades of Euthyneuran Gastropods (Mollusca) from 28S rRNA Sequences". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 19 (2): 225–235. doi:10.1006/mpev.2001.0926. PMID 11341805.

External links[edit]

Sarasinula plebeia at National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI)
Sarasinula plebeia on the UF / IFAS Featured Creatures Web site

[Fischer_1868-1] Fischer, P. (1868). Crosse, H.; Fischer, P. (eds.). "Diagnoses de deux Limaciens de la Nouvelle Calédonie". Journal de Conchyliologie (in French). 16. Paris: 145–146. ISSN 0021-7719. Retrieved 23 November 2012.

[Naranjo-Garcia_2007-2] Naranjo-Garcia E., Thome J. W. & Castillejo J. (2007). "A review of the Veronicellidae from Mexico. (Gastropoda: Soleolifera). Revision de los Veronicellidae de Mexico (Gastropoda: Soleolifera)". Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad. 78: 41–50. doi:10.22201/ib.20078706e.2007.001.418.

[3] Terrestrial Mollusc Tool: Sarasinula

[Maceira-4] Maceira D. F. (2003). "Las especies de la familia Veronicellidae (Mollusca, Soleolifera) en Cuba". Revista de Biología Tropical 51(3): 453-461. PDF Archived 2007-07-28 at the Wayback Machine.

[Robinson_2009-5] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Robinson D. G., Hovestadt A., Fields A. & Breure A. S. H. (July 2009). "The land Mollusca of Dominica (Lesser Antilles), with notes on some enigmatic or rare species". Zoologische Mededelingen 83 http://www.zoologischemededelingen.nl/83/nr03/a13

[Forcart_1973-6] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Forcart L. (1973). "Notes on Veronicellidae and Athoracophoridae in Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago". The Nautilus 87(1): 25-27.

[Naranjo-García_2007-7] Naranjo-García E., Thomé J. W. & Castillejo J. (2007). "A review of the Veronicellidae from Mexico (Gastropoda: Soleolifera). Revisión de los Veronicellidae de México (Gastropoda: Soleolifera)". Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 78: 41-50."

[8] (in Spanish) Barrientos Z. (2003). "Lista de especies de moluscos terrestres (Archaeogastropoda, Mesogastropoda, Archaeopulmonata, Stylommatophora, Soleolifera) informadas para Costa Rica". Rev. Biol. Trop. 51(Suppl. 3): 293-304. PDF Archived 2011-06-29 at the Wayback Machine

[Rio_Grande_do_Sul-9] Agudo-Padrón A. I. (14 May 2009). "Recent Terrestrial and Freshwater Molluscs of Rio Grande do Sul State, RS, Southern Brazil Region: A Comprehensive Synthesis and Check List". Visaya April 2009: 1-13. PDF Archived 2012-11-05 at the Wayback Machine.

[10] Fernández de V, J. 1992: Contribución al conocimiento de las babosas y sietecueros (Mollusca: Gastropoda) Revista de la Facultad de Agronomía Maracay. 12(3-4):374-387.

[Forcart_1969-11] Forcart L. (1969). "Veronicellid land slugs from the New Hebrides from the New hebrides, with description of Semperula solemi, new species". Fieldiana 51(12): 147-156.

[12] Cowie R. H., Dillon R. T., Robinson D. G. & Smith J. W. (2009). "Alien non-marine snails and slugs of priority quarantine importance in the United States: A preliminary risk assessment". American Malacological Bulletin 27: 113-132. PDF Archived 2016-06-16 at the Wayback Machine.

[13] "Christoph Högger - Antagonists of Slugs and Snails". homepage.sunrise.ch. Archived from the original on 14 December 2007. Retrieved 12 January 2022.

[14] Dayrat, B.; Tillier, A.; Lecointre, G.; Tillier, S. (2001). "New Clades of Euthyneuran Gastropods (Mollusca) from 28S rRNA Sequences". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 19 (2): 225–235. doi:10.1006/mpev.2001.0926. PMID 11341805.

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