Pacific Banana Slug
Species of slug found on the Pacific coast of North America known as the Pacific banana slug / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Pacific Banana Slug (Ariolimax columbianus) is a species of slug found on the Pacific coast of North America.[1] It is the second-largest species of terrestrial slug in the world, growing up to 25 centimeters (9.8 in) long.[1] As of 2021, it is the most commonly observed species in the genus Ariolimax on the citizen science website iNaturalist.[2] An important function of this particular species is the role it plays in seed dispersion.[3]
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Pacific Banana Slug | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
Order: | Stylommatophora |
Family: | Ariolimacidae |
Genus: | Ariolimax |
Species: | A. columbianus |
Binomial name | |
Ariolimax columbianus (Gould, 1851) | |
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