Philomycus carolinianus
Philomycus carolinianus, common name the Carolina mantleslug, is a species of land slug, a terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Philomycidae.
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| Drawing of Philomycus carolinianus from W. G. Binney, 1878[1] | |
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| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata clade Eupulmonata clade Stylommatophora informal group Sigmurethra |
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| Species: | P. carolinianus |
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| Philomycus carolinianus (Bosc, 1802) | |
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". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology (plates). Harvard. 5. 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.
- Aydin Örstan (9 April 2005). "The dissection selection: Philomycus carolinianus". "Snail's Tales" blog. Archived from the original on 18 March 2016.
External links
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