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Testacella
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Testacella

Testacella is genus of small to medium-large, predatory, air-breathing, land slugs. They are terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Testacellidae, the shelled slugs. They are not often seen because they live underground.

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9 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Earshell Slug

speciesTestacella haliotidea

Mauge's Slug

speciesTestacella maugei

Shield Slug

speciesTestacella scutulum

Testacella riedeli

speciesTestacella riedeli

Testacella gestroi

speciesTestacella gestroi

Testacella bracciai

speciesTestacella bracciai

Testacella bisulcata

speciesTestacella bisulcata

Testacella fischeriana

speciesTestacella fischeriana

Testacella lidenbrocki

speciesTestacella lidenbrocki

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 171803.