| Megapallifera mutabilis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura |
| Superfamily: | Arionoidea |
| Family: | Philomycidae |
| Genus: | Megapallifera |
| Species: | M. mutabilis |
| Binomial name | |
| Megapallifera mutabilis (Hubricht, 1951) | |
Megapallifera mutabilis, common name the changeable mantleslug, is a species of air-breathing land slug, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Philomycidae. It eats primarily algae, and lives in live trees such as American beech. The species is native to eastern North America.
References
- Paustian, Megan E.; Barbosa, Pedro (February 2012). "Overlap of food and microhabitat preferences among some native and nonnative slugs in mid-Atlantic forests of eastern North America". Journal of Molluscan Studies. 78 (1): 92–99. doi:10.1093/mollus/eyr041. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Megapallifera mutabilis | |
| Pallifera mutabilis | |
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