Species Information

Kingdom: Animalia
  Phylum: Mollusca
    Class: Gastropoda
      Order: Stylommatophora
        Family: Limacidae
          Genus: Deroceras
            Species: heterura

Marsh Slug - Deroceras heterura

Marsh Slug

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Species Extent (New Mexico)

General Description

False Marsh Snail? (Deroceras heterura) is a terrestrial slug that only occurs at higher elevations in the Mogollon Mountains and the Black Range in New Mexico. It is one of just two native New Mexican slugs.

Status

Global Rank: G1G2

State Rank: SNR

State Status:

Federal Status:

USFS Status: R3 SCC

BLM Status:

SWAP Status: SGCN

NMRP Strategy Status:

Observations in Natural Heritage New Mexico Database

Number of Subpopulations: 0

Number of Mapped Locations: 0

Number of Observations: 0

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