Species

Prophysaon andersonii (Reticulate taildropper)

Prophysaon andersonii. Photo: (c) Ken-ichi Ueda, some rights reserved (CC BY)

iNaturalist • Wikipedia

Prophysaon, common name taildropper slugs, is a genus of air-breathing land slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Arionidae, the roundback slugs.

Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
  - Phylum: Mollusca (Molluscs)
    - Class: Gastropoda (Gastropods)
      - Subclass: Heterobranchia (Heterobranchs)
        Infraclass: Euthyneura
        Subterclass: Tectipleura
        Superorder: Eupulmonata
        Order: Stylommatophora (Common land snails and slugs)
        Suborder: Helicina (Helicinan snails and slugs)
        Infraorder: Arionoidei
        Superfamily: Arionoidea (Roundback slugs and allies)
        Family: Ariolimacidae (Banana slugs and allies)
        Subfamily: Ariolimacinae
        Genus: Prophysaon (Taildropper slugs)
        Species: Prophysaon andersonii (Reticulate taildropper)

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