Philomycus

Philomycus is a genus of air-breathing land slugs in the family Philomycidae, the mantleslugs.[1]

Philomycus
Philomycus carolinianus
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

Biology

These slugs create and use love darts as part of their mating behavior.[2]

Species

Species within the genus Philomycus include:

  • Philomycus batchi - dusky mantleslug
  • Philomycus bilineatus
  • Philomycus bisdosus - grayfoot mantleslug
  • Philomycus cardmensis
  • Philomycus carolinianus - Carolina mantleslug
  • Philomycus dorsalis
  • Philomycus flexuolaris - winding mantleslug
  • Philomycus pennsylvanicus
  • Philomycus sellatus - Alabama mantleslug
  • Philomycus togatus - toga mantleslug
  • Philomycus venustus - brown-spotted mantleslug
  • Philomycus virginicus - Virginia mantleslug

References
  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  • Philomycus. Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
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