''Philomycus'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...
of air-breathing land
slug
Slug, or land slug, is a common name for any apparently shell-less terrestrial gastropod mollusc. The word ''slug'' is also often used as part of the common name of any gastropod mollusc that has no shell, a very reduced shell, or only a smal ...
s in the family
Philomycidae
Philomycidae are a family of air-breathing land slugs (snails without shells or with only shell remnants). They are terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Arionoidea (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet ...
, the mantleslugs.
[Capinera, J. L., et al]
Terrestrial Slugs of Florida (Gastropoda: Stylommatophora).
EENY-493 (IN891). Entomology and Nematology. Florida Cooperative Extension Service. University of Florida IFAS. Published 2011, revised 2013.
Biology
These slugs create and use
love dart
A love dart (also known as a gypsobelum, shooting darts, or just as darts) is a sharp, calcareous or chitinous dart which some hermaphroditic land snails and slugs create. Love darts are both formed and stored internally in a dart sac. These ...
s as part of their mating behavior.
[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.]
Species
Species within the genus ''Philomycus'' include:
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Philomycus batchi'' - dusky mantleslug
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Philomycus bilineatus''
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Philomycus bisdosus'' - grayfoot mantleslug
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Philomycus cardmensis''
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Philomycus carolinianus
''Philomycus carolinianus'', common name the Carolina mantleslug, is a species of land slug, a terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Philomycidae.
Anatomy
These slugs create and use love dart
A love dart (also known as a gypsobelum ...
'' - Carolina mantleslug
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Philomycus dorsalis''
* ''
Philomycus flexuolaris
''Philomycus'' is a genus of air-breathing land slugs in the family Philomycidae, the mantleslugs.Capinera, J. L., et alTerrestrial Slugs of Florida (Gastropoda: Stylommatophora).EENY-493 (IN891). Entomology and Nematology. Florida Cooperative ...
'' - winding mantleslug
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Philomycus pennsylvanicus''
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Philomycus sellatus'' - Alabama mantleslug
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Philomycus togatus'' - toga mantleslug
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Philomycus venustus'' - brown-spotted mantleslug
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Philomycus virginicus'' - Virginia mantleslug
References
External links
''Philomycus''.Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
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Philomycidae
Taxa named by Constantine Samuel Rafinesque