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| KINGDOM: Animalia PHYLUM: Mollusca CLASS: Gastropoda SUBCLASS: Pulmonata ORDER: Stylommatophora SUBORDER: Sigmurethra FAMILIES: Testacellidae, Urocyclidae, Parmacellidae, Milacidae, LimacidAe, Trigonochlamydidae, Boettgeritlidae, Arionidae, Philomycidae |
How big?: One-half inch (13 mm) to ten inches
(25.4 cm), depending on species. How long do they live?: One to six years, depending on species. What do they eat?: Whatever the forest and field have to offer: fungi, lichens, green plants, worms, centipedes, certain insects, animal feces, carrion, other slugs. What eats them?: Small mammals, snakes, amphibians, some birds, carnivorous beetles, other slugs, and humans. How do they spread?: Eggs; usually small, less than 1/4, inch (6 mm) in diameter, often with a thick outer shell of calcium carbonate; laid in clutches of 3 to 50, with some species laying as many as 500 eggs per year. |
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