black westernslug

Hesperarion niger

Classification

Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Ariolimacidae

Banana slugs (Ariolimax) are a genus of air-breathing, terrestrial gastropod slugs in the family Ariolimacidae. They are often yellow in color and their elongated shape can resemble a banana, thus giving rise to their common name. Species Species within the genus Ariolimax include: Synonyms: Ariolimax andersonii J.

Distribution

black westernslug — (c) Ken-ichi Ueda, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Ken-ichi Ueda · CC-BY

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

United States of America · 367

Sources and credits

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black westernslug

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