Overview
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Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Pacific Banana Slug, Pacific Bananaslug
Description
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Habitat
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 1,400 meters (0 to 4,593 feet).Mean = 217.920 meters (714.961 feet), Standard Deviation = 334.830 based on 24 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre.
Biome: Terrestrial
Taxonomy
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- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
)
- animals
- Phylum:
Mollusca
()
- Molluscs
- Class:
Gastropoda
()
- Snails and Slugs
- Order:
Stylommatophora
()
- Family:
Noctuoidea
()
- Genus:
Ariolimax
()
- Specific name:
columbianus
- (Gould, 1851)
- Scientific name: - Ariolimax columbianus (Gould, 1851)
- Specific name:
columbianus
- (Gould, 1851)
- Genus:
Ariolimax
(
- Family:
Noctuoidea
(
- Order:
Stylommatophora
(
- Class:
Gastropoda
(
- Phylum:
Mollusca
(
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 17-Oct-2001
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Ariolimax
There are approximately 3 species in this genus:
A. californicus (California Bananaslug) · A. columbianus (Pacific Banana Slug) · A. dolichophallus (Slender Bananaslug)
Bibliography
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- Groombridge, B. (ed.) 1994. 1994 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland.
- IUCN. 1990. 1990 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.
- Turgeon, D. D., J. F. Quinn, Jr., A. E. Bogan, E. V. Coan, F. G. Hochberg, W. G. Lyons, et al. 1998. Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Mollusks, 2nd ed. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 26. American Fisheries Society. Bethesda, Maryland, USA. 526. ISBN: 1-888569-01-8.
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Notes
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Contributors
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2005. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. [http://sn2000.taxonomy.nl/Taxonomicon/]. Access date: Nov 23, 2005
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed February 28, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 2 providers.
- Universal Biological Indexer and Organizer. uBio.org accessed July 17, 2008.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 28, 2008:
- Academy of Natural Sciences: Academy of Natural Sciences Malacology Database
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: Gwaii Haanas Invertebrates (OBIS Canada)
- National Museum of Natural History: NMNH Invertebrate Zoology Collections
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2688045
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-77083
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 1397378
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 77083
- Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: IMGAS57020
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 1799
