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Slug of Java, Indonesia

Classification

Kingdom  : Animalia
Plylum     : Mollusca
Class        : Gastropoda
Subclass   : Pulmonata
Order        : Basommatophora
Family      : Vaginulidae
Genus       :
Java has several slugs i.e. Laevicaulis, Filicaulis and Semperula (Jutting, 1952) which look similar from the outside but different from the genitalia, so it should be to dissected to determine it. 

Habitat
Terrestrial

Microhabitat

Humid place such as under rock, banana midrib, but sometimes I found it easily in open place after rain such as on the road, ground or on the wall (as in the picture).

Picture

Slug Vaginulidae

Reference
Jutting, van Benthem. 1952. Systematic studies on the Non-Marine Mollusca of the Indo-Australian Archipelago. Treubia. Vol: 21. 

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