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Mauge's slug

Testacella maugei A. Férussac, 1819

Status not recordedsnails and slugs

The mauge's slug (Testacella maugei) is a species in the family Testacellidae.

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Quick facts about the mauge's slug

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the mauge's slug live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the mauge's slug as introduced in 2 countries.

  1. South Africa
  2. United Kingdom

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the mauge's slug endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the mauge's slug classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumMollusca
  3. classGastropoda
  4. familyTestacellidae
  5. genusTestacella
  6. SpeciesTestacella maugei A. Férussac, 1819

Synonyms Sigaretus haliotoides, Testacella canariensis, Testacella haliotoides, Testacella maugei, Testacella oceanica, Testacella vagans

Other names and names in other languages (7)
  • Atlantic shelled slugEnglish
  • Dead man's fingersEnglish
  • Mauge's shelled slugEnglish
  • Maugé's shelled slugEnglish
  • testacela cudnáCzech
  • Braune RucksackschneckeGerman
  • Testacelle atlantiqueFrench

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the mauge's slug

Other species in the same genus Testacella.

Shelled slug

Testacella haliotidea

TestacellidaeNo free photo yet

CompareMauge's slug vs Shelled slugMauge's slug vs Golden shelled slugMauge's slug vs Testacella asiniumMauge's slug vs Testacella bisulcata

Common questions

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Is the mauge's slug an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the mauge's slug as introduced in 2 countries: South Africa and United Kingdom, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Mauge's slug (Testacella maugei). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/mauges-slug

MLA

“Mauge's slug (Testacella maugei).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/mauges-slug.

BibTeX
@misc{mauges_slug_2026,
  title = {Mauge's slug (Testacella maugei)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/mauges-slug},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}