Philomycus
Genus of gastropods
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Philomycus is a genus of air-breathing land slugs in the family Philomycidae, the mantleslugs.[1]
| Philomycus | |
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| Philomycus carolinianus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Philomycidae |
| Genus: | Philomycus Rafinesque, 1820 |
Biology
These slugs create and use love darts as part of their mating behavior.[2]
Species
Species within the genus Philomycus include:
- Philomycus batchi - dusky mantleslug
- Philomycus bilineatus
- Philomycus bisdosus - grayfoot mantleslug
- Philomycus cardmensis
- Philomycus carolinianus - Carolina mantleslug
- Philomycus dorsalis
- Philomycus flexuolaris - winding mantleslug
- Philomycus pennsylvanicus
- Philomycus sellatus - Alabama mantleslug
- Philomycus togatus - toga mantleslug
- Philomycus venustus - brown-spotted mantleslug
- Philomycus virginicus - Virginia mantleslug