Prophysaon
Prophysaon, common name taildropper slugs, is a genus of air-breathing land slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Ariolimacidae.
These slugs can self-amputate a portion of their tail, a behavior observed in the species Prophysaon andersonii.
Distribution
This genus of slugs occurs in North America, including California and Oregon.Species
Species in the genus Prophysaon include 10 species :- Prophysaon andersonii - reticulate taildropper, Anderson's taildropper slug
- Prophysaon boreale Pilsbry, 1948 - northern taildropper
- Prophysaon coeruleum Cockerell, 1890 - blue-gray taildropper
- Prophysaon dubium Cockerell, 1890 - papillose taildropper
- Prophysaon fasciatum Cockerell in W. G. Binney - banded taildropper
- Prophysaon foliolatum - yellow-bordered taildropper
- Prophysaon humile Cockerell, 1890 - smoky taildropper
- Prophysaon obscurum - mottled taildropper
- Prophysaon vanattae Pilsbry, 1948 - scarlet-backed taildropper
- * Prophysaon vanattae var. pardalis
- Prophysaon undescribed species from Siskiyou [County, California].
- Prophysaon flavum Cockerell, 1890: synonym of Prophysaon andersonii
- Prophysaon hemphilli Bland & W. G. Binney, 1873: synonym of Prophysaon andersonii
- Prophysaon pacificum Cockerell, 1890: synonym of ''Prophysaon andersonii''