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Prophysaon dubium complex
Prophysaon dubium complex
Papillose Taildropper Slug
Photographer: Bradford Norman

ID: 0000 0000 1107 0092 (2007-11-02)

Copyright © 2007 Bradford Norman

 
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  • date of photo  Oct 23, 2007
  • date collected  Nov 23, 2007
  • this photo depicts an animal that was captive or collected
  • photo location   Bird House, McCloud, California
  • animal's place of origin   Shasta-Trinity National Forest (Siskiyou County, California, US)
  • family Arionidae
  • order Stylommatophora
  • class Gastropoda
  • habitat  downed wood in mixed coniferous forest
  • notes   This was the 1 light-colored morph of an obvisously multi-colored Prophysaon dubium population in the vicinity of the Moosehead Project Area, where Tom Kirk, David Loya, Sandra Brown and myself conducted 10 days of intensive mollusk surveys on the STNF. Prophysaon dubium was commonly encountered but there were papillose blu-greys and this 1 blonde PRDU that David Loya found. Note the eyes are dark and there is some light melanism so not a true albino. Eyes would be pink therein.
  • camera   SONY Digital 1.6 megapixels to data card /no film
  • contributor's ID #  BRN-2007-MOLLUSK-STNF-001
  • From the collection of NRM-USFS-VOUCHERS-2007-2008    Specimen No. DL-NRM-001
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  • photo category: Animal - Invertebrate-Other

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  • common names   Papillose Taildropper Slug (photographer)
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