slug

thumb|A slug on a wall in Kanagawa Prefecture|Kanagawa, [[Japan.]]

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A slug is a soft-bodied mollusk similar to a snail but without a shell, as shown in this photograph taken in Japan. Slugs are found in various environments around the world and are notable for their moist skin and slow movement.

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Taxonomy
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Physiology
Reproduction
Ecology
Feeding habits
Predators
Vertebrates
Invertebrates
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Behavior
Human relevance
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thumb|A slug on a wall in Kanagawa Prefecture|Kanagawa, [[Japan.]]

Slug or land slug is a common name for any apparently shell-less terrestrial gastropod mollusc. The word slug is also often used as part of the common name of any gastropod mollusc that has no shell, a very reduced shell, or only a small internal shell, particularly sea slugs and semi-slugs (this is in contrast to the common name snail, which applies to gastropods that have a coiled shell large enough that they can fully retract their soft parts into it).