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  2. Peltodoris atromaculata - Wikipedia

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    Peltodoris atromaculata, more commonly known as the dotted sea slug or sea cow, is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Discodorididae. [1] It dwells in salt water up to the depth of 40m. It is exclusively found in precorralligene and coralligene communities and is very common in such communities. [2]

  3. Slug - Wikipedia

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    A slug on a wall in Kanagawa, Japan.. Slug, or land slug, is a common name for any apparently shell-less terrestrial gastropod mollusc.The word slug is also often used as part of the common name of any gastropod mollusc that has no shell, a very reduced shell, or only a small internal shell, particularly sea slugs and semi-slugs (this is in contrast to the common name snail, which applies to ...

  4. Hemphillia dromedarius - Wikipedia

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    Hemphillia dromedarius, the dromedary jumping-slug, is a species of air-breathing land slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Binneyidae. Description [ edit ]

  5. Black slug - Wikipedia

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    The black slug (also known as black arion, European black slug, or large black slug), Arion ater, is a large terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Arionidae, the round back slugs. Many land slugs lack external shells, having a vestigial shell. [ 2 ]

  6. Veronicellidae - Wikipedia

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    The Veronicellidae, also known by their common name the leatherleaf slugs, are a family of pulmonate terrestrial slugs. The herbivorous molluscs occur mainly in the tropical and subtropical areas of America, Asia and Africa. They act as intermediate hosts of the rat lung worm Angiostrongylus costaricensis, and act as a vector for other human ...

  7. Deroceras laeve - Wikipedia

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    The eggs can also survive when submerged; juveniles can hatch underwater and then climb to the surface. [4] Hatching happens 2 to 4 weeks after the eggs are laid. The slugs are about 3 mm to 5 mm long when they hatch. They are translucid with a pink tint. The life cycle is extremely short, and can take place within less than a month. [4]

  8. Athoracophoridae - Wikipedia

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    Athoracophoridae, common name the leaf-veined slugs, are a family of air-breathing land slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the order Stylommatophora, the stalk-eyed snails and slugs. Many of the species have an attractive pattern on their dorsal surface which resembles the veins in a leaf , hence the common name.

  9. Veronicella sloanii - Wikipedia

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    This slug has been introduced to Florida and it has become an agricultural pest there. [ 5 ] Controversially Cowie et al. (2009) [ 7 ] considered this species has not yet become established in the US, but it is considered to represent a potentially serious threat as a pest , an invasive species which could negatively affect agriculture, natural ...