The semi-slug Vitinizonites latissimus also "bites" - perhaps (dare I say
it) evolved to compensate for the loss of a protective shell.
G. Thomas Watters, PhD
Curator of Molluscs
Museum of Biological Diversity
Department of Evolution, Ecology & Organismal Biology
The Ohio State University
1315 Kinnear Road
Columbus, OH 43212 USA
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Visit the Mollusc Division at:
http://www.biosci.ohio-state.edu/~molluscs/OSUM2
"Let me take you, baby, down to the riverbed,
Gotta tell you something go right to your head" - Spirit
So join the Freshwater Mollusc Conservation Society at:
http://ellipse.inhs.uiuc.edu/FMCS/index.html