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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, a very reduced shell, or only a small internal shell, particularly sea slugs and semi-slugs.
Slug
Slug
An active Ambigolimax slug in Fremont, California
An active Ambigolimax slug in Fremont, California
Deroceras juvenile with eggs of another (larger) slug species, most likely Arionidae
Deroceras juvenile with eggs of another (larger) slug species, most likely Arionidae
Pair of mating slugs, suspended by mucous thread and pad on wall
Pair of mating slugs, suspended by mucous thread and pad on wall
Gastropoda
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Gastropods, commonly known as slugs and snails, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda.
Gastropoda
Gastropoda
Cepaea nemoralis: a European pulmonate land snail, which has been introduced to many other countries
Cepaea nemoralis: a European pulmonate land snail, which has been introduced to many other countries
The shell of Zonitoides nitidus, a small land snail, has dextral coiling, which is typical (but not universal) of gastropod shells.
The shell of Zonitoides nitidus, a small land snail, has dextral coiling, which is typical (but not universal) of gastropod shells.
The upper pair of tentacles on the head of Helix pomatia have eye spots, but the main sensory organs of the snail are sensory receptors for olfaction,
The upper pair of tentacles on the head of Helix pomatia have eye spots, but the main sensory organs of the snail are sensory receptors for olfaction, situated in the epithelium of the tentacles.