| Philomycus | |
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| Philomycus carolinianus. Head in on the left. | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura |
| Superfamily: | Arionoidea |
| Family: | Philomycidae |
| Genus: | Philomycus Rafinesque, 1820 |
Philomycus, common name the mantleslugs, is a genus of air-breathing land slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Philomycidae.
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These slugs create and use love darts as part of their mating behavior.[1]
Species within the genus Philomycus include: