Philomycus

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Kingdom Animalia Family Philomycidae Phylum Mollusca Rank Genus		Superfamily Arionoidea Scientific name Philomycus Higher classification Philomycidae

Lower classifications Philomycus carolinianus, Philomycus togatus, Philomycus virginicus

Philomycus is a genus of air-breathing land slugs in the family Philomycidae, the mantleslugs.

Philomycus carolinianus bosc 1802 carolina mantleslug

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

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

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