Philomycus togatus

Taxobox
name = "Philomycus togatus"


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status = NE
status_ref = [IUCN 2007. 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. . Downloaded on 06 October 2008.]
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Mollusca
classis = Gastropoda
ordo = Pulmonata
familia = Philomycidae
genus = "Philomycus"
species = "P. togatus"
binomial = "Philomycus togatus"
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"Philomycus togatus", also known as the toga mantleslug, is a species of land slug, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Philomycidae.

Anatomy

These slugs create and use love darts as part of their mating behavior.Ken Hotopp: [http://www.carnegiemnh.org/mollusks/palandsnails/accounts/ph_toga.htm "Land Snails of Pennsylvania: Philomycus togatus (Gould, 1841)"] , published online January 2 2006.]

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