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Limacus flavus

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This species is strongly associated with human habitation, and is usually found in damp areas such as cellars, kitchens, and gardens or under stones. Generally speaking it is only seen at night, because it is
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Like all slugs, the yellow slug moves relatively slowly, gliding along using a series of muscular contractions on the underside of its
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Herbert, D.G. (2010). The introduced terrestrial Mollusca of South Africa. SANBI Biodiversity Series, 15: vi + 108 pp. Pretoria.
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MolluscaBase (2019). MolluscaBase. Limacus flavus (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at:
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Barker, G. M. (1999). Naturalised terrestrial Stylommatophora (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Fauna of New Zealand 38: 1-254
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Kerney M.P. and Cameron R.A.D., 1979, A field guide to the land snails of Britain and north-west Europe. Collins.
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taxonomy, short description, distribution, biology, status (threats), images
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Yellow slugs, like the majority of other land slugs, use two pairs of
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Margry, Cornelis J.P.J.; Heitmans, Wijnand R.B. (25 November 2023).
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on their heads to sense their environment. The upper pair, called
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This slug has a yellow body with grey mottling, and pale blue
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Journal of the Helminthological Society of Washington
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Scientific classification
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Eukaryota
Animalia
Mollusca
Gastropoda
Stylommatophora
Limacidae
Limacus
Binomial name
Linnaeus
1758
Synonyms
species
slug
terrestrial
pulmonate
gastropod
mollusk
family
Limacidae
tentacles

reproductive system
Scotland
England
Wales
Ireland
Europe

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