See text Schizoglossa, common name the Pāua slugs, is a genus of medium-sized to large predatory, air-breathing, land slugs, carnivorous terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Rhytididae.

They are currently classified by the New Zealand Department of Conservation as Nationally Vulnerable.

[2] The genus is endemic to the North Island of New Zealand (including the Great Barrier Island), Species and subspecies within the genus Schizoglossa include:[3] The shell is small, rudimentary, auriform (ear-shaped) and is situated far back on the animal.

The shell is incapable of containing the body, and is reduced to the function of a shield for the lungs and heart.

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