Identifying common slugs - position of the pneumostome (or "breathing hole")

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You now need to take a closer look at the pneumostome.
Is it in front of the mid-point of the mantle, or behind the mid-point?

Pneumostome in front of the mid-line of the mantle

If your specimen has the pneumostome in front of the mid-point, like the image above, then click on that image to continue. If it is behind the mid-point, as in the image below, then click on that one.

Pneumostome behind the mid-line of the mantle