Philomycus carolinianus

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Philomycus carolinianus
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Drawing of Philomycus carolinianus from W. G. Binney, 1878[1]
NE[2]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora

informal group Sigmurethra
Superfamily:
Arionoidea
Family:
Philomycidae
Genus:
Philomycus
Species:
P. carolinianus
Binomial name
Philomycus carolinianus
(Bosc, 1802)

Philomycus carolinianus, common name the Carolina mantleslug, is a species of land slug, a terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Philomycidae.

Anatomy[]

These slugs create and use love darts as part of their mating behavior.[3] The dart of Philomycus carolinianus is thick and curved.[4]

References[]

  1. ^ Binney, William G (1878). "The Terrestrial Air-Breathing Mollusks of the United States and Adjacent Territories of North America". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology (plates). Harvard. 5. Plate 63.
  2. ^ IUCN 2007. 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 6 October 2008.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ Aydin Örstan (9 April 2005). "The dissection selection: Philomycus carolinianus". "Snail's Tales" blog. Archived from the original on 18 March 2016.

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