Banana slug | |
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Two banana slugs preparing to mate | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Order: | Stylommatophora |
Superfamily: | Arionoidea |
Family: | Ariolimacidae |
Subfamily: | Ariolimacinae |
Genus: | Ariolimax Mörch, 1859 |
Type species | |
Ariolimax columbianus | |
Synonyms | |
Aphallarion Pilsbry & Vanatta, 1896 |
Banana slugs (Ariolimax) are a genus of air-breathing, terrestrial gastropod slugs in the family Ariolimacidae.[1] They are often yellow in color, giving rise to the "banana" common name.