RMRDPPTX–. Natural history. For the use of schools and families. Zoology. 326 NATUEAL HISTOET. •which usually incloses a small shell. This shield is over the breathing apparatus (§ 557), and the head can be so drawn in as to be under it. The Snails have very much the same shape and arrangement with the Slug, except that they have a shell into which they can withdraw the whole body. The common Snail, Fig. 257, lays eggs, which are very large in comparison with the size of the ani- mal. They are of the size of a small pea, and are depos- ited in the ground about two inches below the surface. Fig. csr.-sn
RF2E07443–Bue velvet headshiels slug [Chelidonura varians]. Lembeh Strait, North Sulawesi, Indonesia.
RMAD489Y–Yretail head shield slug (Chelidonura varians), Philippines
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RMRGCKXF–. Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences. Science; Natural history; Natural history. Slug-shaped; general coloration, gray-ljrown. The hody is rel- atively uniform in width except for the taj>ering caudal segments and the first thoracic. Head, ocelli and mouth parts, jet black, except for the edge of the glabella and the proximal joints of antennae, which are ivory white. The head is retractile and is seldom extended beyond the fleshy cowl even during the act of feeding. The cervical shield is grayish-black, mottled, and is free of pile. A narrow gray-white line bi- sects i
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