Mantleslug

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Noun
  1. 1
    Any of several air-breathing land slugs of the genera Philomycus or Pallifera.

    "Carolina mantleslug (Philomycus carolinianus) was recorded by Pearce, Nielsen and Rogers (1992) at Bad Gully, at the top of the escarpment above Beaver Basin in beech-sugar maple forest."

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"Carolina mantleslug (Philomycus carolinianus) was recorded by Pearce, Nielsen and Rogers (1992) at Bad Gully, at the top of the escarpment above Beaver Basin in beech-sugar maple forest."

Etymology

From mantle + slug, because of the unusually large protective mantle.

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