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Tree slug

Lehmannia marginata

5,293 observations in the source records

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What the records say

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 793, February 586, March 918, April 1,444, May 2,082, June 2,271, July 2,430, August 2,089, September 1,534, October 1,145, November 626, December 489.
United States16,491
Alaska16,407
United Kingdom554
Nova Scotia475
Germany444
England431
Canada293
France129
Niedersachsen104
Denmark95

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • Shell-bearingProtected by a hard shellFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumMolluscs · Mollusca
ClassGastropods · Gastropoda
OrderCommon Land Snails and Slugs · Stylommatophora
FamilyKeelback Slugs · Limacidae
GenusBanded Garden Slugs · Lehmannia

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