Philomycus

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| image_caption = Philomycus carolinianus

| taxon = Philomycus

| authority = Rafinesque, 1820

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Philomycus is a genus of air-breathing land slugs in the family Philomycidae, the mantleslugs.Capinera, J. L., et al. [http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/in891 Terrestrial Slugs of Florida (Gastropoda: Stylommatophora).] EENY-493 (IN891). Entomology and Nematology. Florida Cooperative Extension Service. University of Florida IFAS. Published 2011, revised 2013.

Biology

These slugs create and use love darts as part of their mating behavior.Tompa, A. S. (1980). The ultrastructure and mineralogy of the dart from Philomycus carolinianus (Pulmonata: Gastropoda) with a brief survey of the occurrence of darts in land snails. Veliger 23, 35-42.

Species

Species within the genus Philomycus include:

References

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