Korean slug in intertidal zone

September 6, 2006
From: William Churchill

I found this slug in a tidal stream that runs through a reed bed. The bottom is clay, common to the west coast of Korea.

Locality: Incheon, on mud flat 0 meters, Korea, Yellow Sea, 15 Aug 2006, intertidal. Length: 100 mm. Photographer: William Churchill.

William Churchill

deanchurchill1973@hotmail.com

Churchill, W.D, 2006 (Sep 6) Korean slug in intertidal zone. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/17747

Dear Dean,
This is one of those animals which confounds 'common names'. It is definitely a slug and it is definitely marine, but it is not a 'sea slug'. It is a pulmonate slug rather than an opisthobranch slug [Family Onchidiidae], much more closely related to land snails. Have a look at the Fact Sheet and earlier messages for more information.

Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2006 (Sep 6). Comment on Korean slug in intertidal zone by William Churchill. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/17747

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