mantleslug

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English

A Carolina mantleslug (Philomycus carolinianus)

Etymology

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

Noun

mantleslug (plural mantleslugs)

  1. Any of several air-breathing land slugs of the genera Philomycus or Pallifera.
    • 1994, Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore, Michigan: Draft Environmental Impact, United States National Park Service, page 61:
      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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