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Stylommatophora is an order [3] of air-breathing land snails and slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs. This taxon includes most land snails and slugs . Stylommatophorans lack an operculum , but some close their shell apertures with temporary "operculum" ( epiphragm ) made of calcified mucus.
Molluscicides (/ m ə ˈ l ʌ s k ɪ ˌ s aɪ d s,-ˈ l ʌ s-/) [1] [2] – also known as snail baits, snail pellets, or slug pellets – are pesticides against molluscs, which are usually used in agriculture or gardening, in order to control gastropod pests specifically slugs and snails which damage crops or other valued plants by feeding on them.
Ambigolimax valentianus (also known as Lehmannia valentiana) is a species of terrestrial slug, a pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Limacidae. [6]It has spread very widely around the world, especially in greenhouses, where it can be a pest; in warmer climates it has often then spread outdoors.
Arion fuscus, also known as the "dusky arion", is a species of small air-breathing land slug, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Arionidae, the roundback slugs. Arion subfuscus (Draparnaud, 1805) is considered by some authors to be a partial synonym for Arion fuscus .
The non-marine mollusks of Canada are a part of the molluscan fauna of Canada (wildlife of Canada). A number of species of non-marine mollusks are found in the wild ...
Yellow slugs, like the majority of other land slugs, use two pairs of tentacles on their heads to sense their environment. The upper pair, called optical tentacles, is used to sense light. The lower pair, oral tentacles, provide the slug's sense of smell. Both pairs can retract and extend themselves to avoid hazards, and, if lost to an accident ...
Ghost slug A live Selenochlamys ysbryda, head towards lower left Scientific classification Domain: Eukaryota Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Gastropoda Order: Stylommatophora Family: Oxychilidae Genus: Selenochlamys Species: S. ysbryda Binomial name Selenochlamys ysbryda Rowson & Symondson, 2008 Selenochlamys ysbryda, the ghost slug, is a species of predatory air-breathing land slug ...
Deroceras laeve, the marsh slug (or meadow slug [3]), is a species of small air-breathing land slug, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Agriolimacidae. Distribution [ edit ]