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Philomycus virginicus

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Philomycus virginicus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Philomycidae
Genus: Philomycus
Species:
P. virginicus
Binomial name
Philomycus virginicus
Hubricht, 1953

Philomycus virginicus, common name Virginia mantleslug, is a species of air-breathing land slug, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Philomycidae.

Anatomy

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

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