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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,
Slug in Van Dusen Botanical Garden
An active Ambigolimax slug in Fremont, California
Deroceras juvenile with eggs of another (larger) slug species, most likely Arionidae
Pair of mating Leopard slugs (Limax maximus), suspended by mucous thread and pad on wall
Limax maximus
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Limax maximus, known by the common names great grey slug and leopard slug, is a species of slug in the family Limacidae, the keeled slugs. It is among the largest keeled slugs, Limax cinereoniger bein
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…Some slugs can also produce very sticky mucus which can incapacitate predators and can trap them within the secretion. Some species of slug, such as Limax maximus, secrete slime cords to suspend a pair during copulation. Slugs are hermaphrodites, having both female and male reproductive organs. Once a slug has…
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Drawing of color variability of Limax maximus
Reproductive system of Limax maximus: HG = hermaphrodite gland = ovotestis HD = hermaphrodite duct AG = albumen gland SO = spermoviduct OV = oviduct VD = vas deferens = sperm-duct RS = receptaculum seminis P = penis PRM = penis retractor muscle G = genital pore
Internal shell, dorsal view. Scale bar is in mm.