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Striped Greenhouse Slug

Ambigolimax valentianus

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28 photos

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 389, February 287, March 450, April 708, May 1,020, June 1,112, July 1,190, August 1,024, September 752, October 561, November 307, December 240.
United States8,519
Alaska8,038
Japan266
California157
Tokyo154
District of Columbia135
Spain86
New York61
France55
Italy52

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
GenusThreeband Slugs · Ambigolimax

Sources

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