Ash-black Slug

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Limax cinereoniger

Ash-black Slug, a reference photo
Photo: Holger Krisp · CC BY 3.0 (licence)

Limax cinereoniger, also known as the ash-black slug, is a large species of air-breathing land slug in the terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc family Limacidae, the keelback slugs. This is the largest land slug species in the world.

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Is it venomous or poisonous?

We have no record of Ash-black Slug being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.

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Classification

Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Gastropoda
Order
Stylommatophora
Family
Limacidae
Genus
Limax
Species
Limax cinereoniger

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