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... that Black slugs Arion ater (pictured) were used as axle-grease in Sweden?Arion ater
... that the active dispersal capacity of Xerocrassa geyeri (shell pictured) is about 3 metres during its one-year lifetime?apertural view of Xerocrassa geyeri
... that the Goliath conch, Eustrombus goliath (shell pictured), is the largest of all the true conchs?A shell of Eustrombus goliath
- ... that the family Eoacmaeidae is the most basal group within the Patellogastropoda?
... that there is currently no living malacologist who can correctly identify all the species of Onchidiidae (pictured: Onchidella nigricans)?Onchidella nigricans