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Sign in to savethumb|A slug on a wall in Kanagawa Prefecture|Kanagawa, [[Japan.]]
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A slug is a soft-bodied mollusk similar to a snail but without a shell, as shown in this photograph taken in Japan. Slugs are found in various environments around the world and are notable for their moist skin and slow movement.
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- Taxonomy
- Description
- Physiology
- Reproduction
- Ecology
- Feeding habits
- Predators
- Vertebrates
- Invertebrates
- Parasites and parasitoids
- Behavior
- Human relevance
- Prevention
- Gallery
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thumb|A slug on a wall in Kanagawa Prefecture|Kanagawa, [[Japan.]]
Slug or land slug is a common name for any apparently shell-less terrestrial gastropod mollusc. The word slug is also often used as part of the common name of any gastropod mollusc that has no shell, a very reduced shell, or only a small internal shell, particularly sea slugs and semi-slugs (this is in contrast to the common name snail, which applies to gastropods that have a coiled shell large enough that they can fully retract their soft parts into it).