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Toga Mantleslug

Philomycus togatus

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
(c) tobikiesewalter, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

29 photos

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Ontario.January 9, February 9, March 15, April 28, May 55, June 26, July 27, August 31, September 31, October 15, November 9, December 8.
United States845
Canada312
Ontario229
New York189
Pennsylvania118
West Virginia102
Massachusetts74
Quebec74
Virginia67
Ohio46

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

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Toga Mantleslug with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.