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Philomycidae
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Philomycidae

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thumb|A live individual of Meghimatium fruhstorferi in the wild

Species

FAMILY

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumMollusca
  3. ClassGastropoda
  4. OrderStylommatophora
  5. FamilyPhilomycidae

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
134
With media
10
Family
Philomycidae
Collections
CM, NCSM
Recorded in
United States

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Arionoidea
Image
Megapallifera mutabilis.jpg
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Commons category
Philomycidae
taxon rank
family
taxon name
Philomycidae
topic's main category
Category:Philomycidae
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Encyclopedic overview

6 sections
Contents
  • Distribution
  • Anatomy
  • Genera
  • Cladogram
  • References
  • External links

thumb|A live individual of Meghimatium fruhstorferi in the wild

Philomycidae are a family of air-breathing land slugs (snails without shells or with only shell remnants). They are terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Arionoidea (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).

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