Philomycus carolinianus
| 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 |
| 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
- ↑ Binney, William G. (1878). The Terrestrial Air-Breathing Mollusks of the United States and Adjacent Territories of North America. Vol. 5 (plates). Bull. Mus. Comparative Zool., Harvard. Plate 63.
- ↑ IUCN 2007. 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 6 October 2008.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ http://snailstales.blogspot.com/2005/04/dissection-selection-philomycus.html "Snail's Tales" blog of Aydin Örstan
External links
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- Philomycus carolinianus on the UF / IFAS Featured Creatures Web site
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