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Southern Pacific Banana Slug

Ariolimax stramineus

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in California.January 108, February 70, March 149, April 140, May 94, June 50, July 35, August 36, September 46, October 47, November 71, December 119.
California866
United States570

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

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Southern Pacific Banana Slug with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.