Philomycus togatus

Philomycus togatus
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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. togatus
Binomial name
Philomycus togatus

Philomycus togatus, also known as the toga mantleslug, is a species of land slug, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Philomycidae.

Anatomy

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

References

  1. ↑ IUCN 2007. 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 6 October 2008.
  2. ↑ Ken Hotopp: Land Snails of Pennsylvania: Philomycus togatus (Gould, 1841), published online 2 January 2006.
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