Philomycus virginicus

Philomycus virginicus
Conservation status
	NE[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Heterobranchia; clade Euthyneura; clade Panpulmonata; clade Eupulmonata; clade Stylommatophora; informal group Sigmurethra
Superfamily:	Arionoidea
Family:	Philomycidae
Genus:	Philomycus
Species:	P. virginicus
Binomial name
	Philomycus virginicus; Hubricht, 1953

Philomycus virginicus, common name the Virginia mantleslug, is a species of air-breathing land slug, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Philomycidae.

Anatomy

These slugs create and use love darts as part of their mating behavior.

IUCN 2007. 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Retrieved 6 October 2008.

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