Philomycus carolinianus

Philomycus carolinianus, common name the Carolina mantleslug, is a species of land slug, a terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Philomycidae.

Philomycus carolinianus
Drawing of Philomycus carolinianus from W. G. Binney, 1878[1]
NE[2]
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. carolinianus
Binomial name
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
  1. 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.
  2. IUCN 2007. 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 6 October 2008.
  3. 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.
  4. Aydin Örstan (9 April 2005). "The dissection selection: Philomycus carolinianus". "Snail's Tales" blog. Archived from the original on 18 March 2016.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.