title: Philomycus virginicus
text: # Philomycus virginicus
  
  Philomycus virginicus, common name the Virginia mantleslug, is a species of air-breathing land slug, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Philomycidae.
  
  ## Anatomy
  
  These slugs create and use love darts as part of their mating behavior.
  
  