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Carolina Mantleslug

Philomycus carolinianus

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in North Carolina.January 25, February 31, March 28, April 45, May 45, June 27, July 22, August 21, September 27, October 26, November 20, December 23.
United States2,825
North Carolina944
Georgia743
South Carolina389
Virginia207
Texas181
Maryland159
Alabama132
Tennessee126
Indiana125

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
FamilyMantleslugs · Philomycidae
GenusPhilomycus

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