Philomycus virginicus | |
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Conservation status | |
NE[1]
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
(unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura |
Superfamily: | Arionoidea |
Family: | Philomycidae |
Genus: | Philomycus |
Species: | P. virginicus |
Binomial name | |
Philomycus virginicus Hubricht, 1953 |
Philomycus virginicus, common name the Virginia philomycus, is a species of air-breathing land slug, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Philomycidae.
These slugs create and use love darts as part of their mating behavior.