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Sap-sucking Slug

Elysia viridis

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 128, February 95, March 148, April 233, May 336, June 367, July 392, August 337, September 248, October 185, November 101, December 79.
United States2,649
Alaska2,649
Netherlands282
Zeeland273
United Kingdom153
England135
France112
Occitanie75
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur20
Denmark15

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Traits

Physical

  • Shell-bearingProtected by a hard shellFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumMolluscs · Mollusca
ClassGastropods · Gastropoda
FamilyPlakobranchidae
GenusElysias · Elysia

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