Philomycus
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Philomycus, common name
the mantleslugs, is a genus
of air-breathing land slug
s, terrestrial
pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Philomycidae
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Common name
A common name of a taxon or organism is a name in general use within a community; it is often contrasted with the scientific name for the same organism...
the mantleslugs, is a genus
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of air-breathing land slug
Slug
Slug is a common name that is normally applied to any gastropod mollusc that lacks a shell, has a very reduced shell, or has a small internal shell...
s, terrestrial
Terrestrial animal
Terrestrial animals are animals that live predominantly or entirely on land , as compared with aquatic animals, which live predominantly or entirely in the water , or amphibians, which rely on a combination of aquatic and terrestrial habitats...
pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Philomycidae
Philomycidae
Philomycidae are a family of air-breathing land slugs . They are terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Arionoidea ....
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Species
Species within the genus Philomycus include:- Philomycus batchi - dusky mantleslug
- Philomycus bilineatus
- Philomycus bisdosus - grayfoot mantleslug
- Philomycus cardmensis
- Philomycus carolinianusPhilomycus carolinianusPhilomycus carolinianus, common name Carolina Mantleslug, is a species of land slug, a terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Philomycidae.-Anatomy:...
- Carolina mantleslug - Philomycus dorsalis
- Philomycus flexuolaris - winding mantleslug
- Philomycus pennsylvanicus
- Philomycus sellatus - Alabama mantleslug
- Philomycus togatusPhilomycus togatusPhilomycus togatus, also known as the toga mantleslug, is a species of land slug, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Philomycidae....
- toga mantleslug - Philomycus venustus - brown-spotted mantleslug
- Philomycus virginicusPhilomycus virginicusPhilomycus virginicus, common name the Virginia philomycus, is a species of air-breathing land slug, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Philomycidae....
- Virginia mantleslug
External links
- http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=77127
- Florida panther mantleslug, Philomycus sp. nov on the UFUniversity of FloridaThe University of Florida is an American public land-grant, sea-grant, and space-grant research university located on a campus in Gainesville, Florida. The university traces its historical origins to 1853, and has operated continuously on its present Gainesville campus since September 1906...
/ IFASInstitute of Food and Agricultural SciencesThe University of Florida’s Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences is a federal-state-county partnership dedicated to developing knowledge in agriculture, human and natural resources, and the life sciences, and enhancing and sustaining the quality of human life by making that information...
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