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Pacific Banana Slug

Ariolimax columbianus

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in British Columbia.January 881, February 819, March 1,271, April 2,430, May 2,902, June 2,266, July 1,589, August 1,794, September 1,799, October 1,384, November 795, December 805.
United States38,653
Canada19,877
British Columbia19,875
Washington17,416
Oregon10,250
California9,911
Alaska1,052
Alberta47
Idaho11

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
FamilyBanana Slugs and Allies · Ariolimacidae
GenusBanana Slugs · Ariolimax

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