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Prophysaon andersoni | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
Order: | Stylommatophora |
Infraorder: | Arionoidei |
Superfamily: | Arionoidea |
Family: | Ariolimacidae |
Genus: | Prophysaon Bland & W. G. Binney, 1873[1] |
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Prophysaon, common name taildropper slugs, is a genus of air-breathing land slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Ariolimacidae.[2]
These slugs can self-amputate (autotomy) a portion of their tail.[3] This autotomy has been observed in the species Prophysaon andersoni.[4]
This genus of slugs occurs in North America, including California and Oregon.
Species in the genus Prophysaon include 10 species (9 according to Turgeon et al. 1998[5][6] plus one known undescribed species[3]):
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