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Arion distinctus Mabille, 1868

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Mabille, J. (1868). Des limaciens Européens. Revue Et Magasin De Zoologie Pure Et Appliquée, (2) 20: 129–146. https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=349334

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Mollusca
class
Gastropoda
order
Stylommatophora
family
Arionidae
genus
Arion
species
Arion distinctus

Name

Synonyms
Arion coerulens Collinge, 1897
Arion cottianus Pollonera, 1889
Arion hessei Simroth, 1894
Arion intermedius var. apennina Pollonera, 1889
Arion minimus Simroth, 1885
Arion mollerii Pollonera, 1889
Arion vejdorskyi Babor & Kostal, 1893
Arion vejdovskyi Babor & Koštál, 1893
Arion vejdowskyi Babor & Koštál, 1893
Geomalacus bourguignati Mabille, 1867
Geomalacus hiemalis Drouët, 1867
Geomalacus mabillei Baudon, 1868
Geomalacus vendeanus A.Letourneux, 1869
Homonyms
Arion distinctus Mabille, 1868
Common names
Common Garden Slug in English
Common Garden Slug in English
Darkface arion in English
Darkface arion in English
Distinkte Wegschnecke in German
Distinkte Wegschnecke in German
Donkere wegslak in Dutch
Gemeine Garten- Wegschnecke in German
Gemeine Garten- Wegschnecke in German
Gemeine Gartenwegschnecke in German
Gemeine Wegschnecke in German
Gemeine Wegschnecke in German
Loche glandue in French
Loche glandue in French
Sortsidesnegl in Danish
Sortsidesnegl in Danish
darkface arion in English
darkface arion in English
darkface arion in English
darkface slug in English
darkface slug in English
donkere wegslak in Dutch
gulsoleskogsnigel in Nynorsk, Norwegian
gulsåleskogsnegl in Norwegian Bokmål
tarhaetana in Finnish
Brown Soil Slug in English
Donkere wegslak in Dutch
gulsoleskogsnigel in Nynorsk, Norwegian
gulsåleskogsnegl in Norwegian Bokmål
trädgårdssnigel in Swedish
trädgårdssnigel in Swedish
Common Garden Slug in English
Distinkte Wegschnecke in German
Gemeine Garten- Wegschnecke in German
Gemeine Wegschnecke in German
darkface arion in English
darkface slug in English

Bibliographic References

  1. Barker, G. M. (1999). Naturalised terrestrial Stylommatophora (Mollusca: Gastropoda). <em>Fauna of New Zealand 38: 1-254.</em>
  2. Kerney, M. P., Cameron, R. A. D. & Jungbluth, J.-H. (1983). Die Landschnecken Nord- und Mitteleuropas. Ein Bestimmungsbuch für Biologen und Naturfreunde. <em>Verlag Paul Parey.</em> 384 pp., 24 plates. [Summer or later]. Hamburg / Berlin (Paul Parey).
  3. Mabille, J. (1868). Archives malacologiques. Troisième fascicule [Des Limaciens européens. Zonites dutaillyanus]. 33-54 (1 March 1868) Paris (F. Savy), Note: the fascicules 1, 2 and 3 appeared earlier than the respective papers in the journal “Revue et Magasin de Zoologie”
  4. Soroka M., Skujiene G.. 2011. Species identification of slugs of genus Arion Férussac, 1819 (Mollusca, Pulmonata) on the basis of genetics studies. Ekologija, 57:70-80
  5. Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> Canterbury University Press, Christchurch.
  6. Sysoev, A. V. & Schileyko, A. A. (2009). Land snails and slugs of Russia and adjacent countries. <em>Sofia/Moskva (Pensoft).</em> 312 pp., 142 plates. [June] [= Pensoft Series Faunistica No 87].
  7. Turgeon, D. D., A. E. Bogan, E. V. Coan, W. K. Emerson, W. G. Lyons, W. Pratt, et al., 1988: Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: mollusks. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 16. vii + 277.
  8. Turgeon, D. D., J. F. Quinn, Jr., A. E. Bogan, E. V. Coan, F. G. Hochberg, W. G. Lyons, et al., 1998: Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Mollusks, 2nd ed.. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 26. 526.
  9. Turóci, Á. & Páll-Gergely, B. (2025). Magyarország meztelencsigái [Slugs of Hungary]. HUN-REN Agrártudományi Kutatóközpont (HUN-REN Centre for Agricultural Research), Martonvásár, Hungary, 288 pp. (in Hungarian).
  10. von Proschwitz (2003) Listor över blötdjur ursprungligen sammanställda av Ted von Proschwitz, Göteborgs Naturhistoriska Museum, och sedan tagna från ArtDatabankens taxa-tabell per 2004-09-15.
  11. von Proschwitz (2003) Listor över blötdjur ursprungligen sammanställda av Ted von Proschwitz, Göteborgs Naturhistoriska Museum, och sedan tagna från ArtDatabankens taxa-tabell per 2004-09-15.
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