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Changeable Mantleslug

Megapallifera mutabilis

11,884 observations in the source records

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What the records say

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in North Carolina.January 26, February 31, March 43, April 46, May 46, June 28, July 22, August 21, September 27, October 27, November 21, December 24.
United States4,115
North Carolina1,229
Virginia1,141
Maryland813
Alabama812
Georgia809
Tennessee705
New York398
Kentucky340
Massachusetts329

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
GenusMegapallifera

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