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Genus

Prophysaon (Taildropper slugs)

Prophysaon dubium. Photo: (c) Jeff Ward, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)

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.

— Wikipedia

  • 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)
                                • Species: Prophysaon dubium (Papillose taildropper)

Subtaxa

Species: Prophysaon andersonii (Reticulate taildropper)

Species: Prophysaon dubium (Papillose taildropper)

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