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Identification

Gastropoda

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Date Taken

Mar-02

Location

Pickerel Lake, Pinckney State Recreation Area, Michigan

Caption

Slime trails are a good way to identify slugs and snails. When they cross over objects, their moist and gooey bodies will leave a trail of slime. If the trail dries out, it can become flaky and take on a more whitish color.

Contributors

Tanya Dewey (photographer; copyright holder; identification), Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology

To cite this page: Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2012. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed at http://animaldiversity.org.

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