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Philomycus carolinianus is a species of land slug, a terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Philomycidae.
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
- ^ Binney, William G. (1878). The Terrestrial Air-Breathing Mollusks of the United States and Adjacent Territories of North America. Vol. 5 (plates). Bull. Mus. Comparative Zool., Harvard. Plate 63.
- ^ IUCN 2007. 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 06 October 2008.
- ^ Tompa AS: 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 1980, 23:35-42.
- ^ http://snailstales.blogspot.com/2005/04/dissection-selection-philomycus.html "Snail's Tales" blog of Aydin Örstan
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