Philomycus
| Philomycus | |
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| Philomycus carolinianus | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia
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| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura |
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| Genus: | Philomycus Rafinesque, 1820
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Philomycus is a genus of air-breathing land slugs in the family Philomycidae, the mantleslugs.[1]
Biology[]
These slugs create and use love darts as part of their mating behavior.[2]
Species[]
Species within the genus Philomycus include:
- - dusky mantleslug
- - grayfoot mantleslug
- Philomycus carolinianus - Carolina mantleslug
- - winding mantleslug
- - Alabama mantleslug
- Philomycus togatus - toga mantleslug
- - brown-spotted mantleslug
- Philomycus virginicus - Virginia mantleslug
References[]
- ^ Capinera, J. L., et al. Terrestrial Slugs of Florida (Gastropoda: Stylommatophora). EENY-493 (IN891). Entomology and Nematology. Florida Cooperative Extension Service. University of Florida IFAS. Published 2011, revised 2013.
- ^ Tompa, A. S. (1980). The ultrastructure and mineralogy of the dart from Philomycus carolinianus (Pulmonata: Gastropoda) with a brief survey of the occurrence of darts in land snails. Veliger 23, 35-42.
External links[]
- Philomycus. Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
Categories:
- Philomycidae
- Taxa named by Constantine Samuel Rafinesque