Pacific Banana Slug
Ariolimax columbianus
Mollusca
COMMON
Stats
- Lifespan
- 1-7 yrs
- Size
- Large
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Activity
- Nocturnal
- Social
- Solitary
- Biome
- Temperate rainforest
- Range
- North America
- Movement
- Slithering
- Breeding
- Egg-laying
- Defense
- Camouflage
- Status
- Common
About
The Pacific Banana Slug is one of the world's largest slugs, reaching up to 25 cm and named for its vivid yellow colour and occasional dark spots. It roams the damp floor of Pacific Northwest rainforests, recycling fallen leaves and fungi back into the soil.
Life cycle
- 1.juvenileA juvenile mollusk takes adult form after its larval phase and begins building or growing its shell.
- 2.adultFully grown at adult shell size or body length.
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Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Mollusca
- Class
- Gastropoda
- Order
- Stylommatophora
- Family
- Ariolimacidae
- Genus
- Ariolimax
- Species
- Ariolimax columbianus