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Arion intermedius Normand, 1852

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Normand, N. A. J. (1852). Description de six limaces nouvelles observées aux environs de Valenciennes. (Extrait du catalogue des mollusques terrestres et fluviatiles du département du Nord, ouvrage inédit du même auteur). 1–8. Valenciennes. https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=296453

Classification

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

Name

Synonyms
Arion apennina Pollonera, 1889
Arion aureus Lessona, 1880
Arion rhaeticus Simroth, 1910
Arion verrucosus Brevière, 1881
Homonyms
Arion intermedius Normand, 1852
Common names
Egel-wegslak in Dutch
Egelwegslak in Dutch
Hedgehog Slug in English
Hedgehog arion in English
Hedgehog slug in English
Hedgehog slug in English
Igel-Wegschnecke in German
Igel-Wegschnecke in German
Igel-Wegschnecke in German
Igelschnecke in German
Igelschnecke in German
Kleine Wegschnecke in German
Kleine Wegschnecke in German
Loche alpine in French
Loche hérisson in French
Loche hérisson in French
Pindsvinesnegl in Danish
Pindsvinesnegl in Danish
dvärgsnigel in Swedish
egelwegslak in Dutch
hedgehog arion in English
hedgehog arion in English
hedgehog arion in English
hedgehog slug in English
hedgehog slug in English
nystysiruetana in Finnish
nystysiruetana in Finnish
vorteskogsnegl in Norwegian Bokmål
vorteskogsnigel in Nynorsk, Norwegian
Egel-wegslak in Dutch
Hedgehog Slug in English
dvärgsnigel in Swedish
vorteskogsnegl in Norwegian Bokmål
vorteskogsnigel in Nynorsk, Norwegian
Egelwegslak in Dutch
Igel-Wegschnecke in German
Igelschnecke in German
Kleine Wegschnecke in German
hedgehog arion in English
hedgehog slug in English

Bibliographic References

  1. Bank, R. A.; Neubert, E. (2017). Checklist of the land and freshwater Gastropoda of Europe. Last update: July 16th, 2017.
  2. Barker, G. M. (1999). Naturalised terrestrial Stylommatophora (Mollusca: Gastropoda). <em>Fauna of New Zealand 38: 1-254.</em>
  3. Griffiths, O.L. & Florens, V.F.B. (2006). A field guide to the non-marine molluscs of the Mascarene Islands (Mauritius, Rodrigues and Réunion) and the northern dependencies of Mauritius. Bioculture Press: Mauritius. Pp. i–xv, 1–185, pls 1-32.
  4. Hausdorf, B. (2002). Introduced Land Snails and Slugs in Colombia. Journal of Molluscan Studies, 68 (2): 127-131. London.
  5. Herbert, D. & Kilburn, D. (2004). Field guide to the land snails and slugs of eastern South Africa. Pietermaritzburg: Natal Museum. [v] + 336 pp.
  6. Herbert, D.G. (2010). The introduced terrestrial Mollusca of South Africa. SANBI Biodiversity Series, 15: vi + 108 pp. Pretoria. [SANBI = South African National Biodiversity Institute].
  7. International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. Opinion 336 Addition to the Official List of Specific Names in Zoology of the specific names of one hundred and twenty-two non-marine species of the phylum Mollusca.Opinions and declarations rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 10(3), 77-108 (1955)
  8. 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).
  9. Maltz T.K.. 1999. Ślimaki (Gastropoda) Kotliny i Pogórza Wałbrzyskiego [Gastropods of glen Kotlina Wałbrzyska and highlands Pogórze Wałbrzyskie]. Folia Malacologica, 7:51-72
  10. Normand, N. A. J. (1852). Description de six limaces nouvelles observées aux environs de Valenciennes. (Extrait du catalogue des mollusques terrestres et fluviatiles du département du Nord, ouvrage inédit du même auteur). 1-8. Valenciennes.
  11. PNUD 2014, Araya 2015
  12. 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.
  13. Teskey, M. C. (1951). <i>Arion intermedius</i> Normand near Buffalo, N. Y. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 65(2): 54.
  14. 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.
  15. 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.
  16. 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).
  17. Turóci, Á., Hutchinson, J. M. C., Schlitt, B., Vidéki, R., Farkas, R., Németh, M. Z., Borostyán, K. & Páll-Gergely, B. (2025). First records of <em>Arion intermedius</em> and <em>Arion transsylvanus</em> (Stylommatophora: Arionidae) in Hungary. <em>Ecologica Montenegrina.</em> 83: 12–28. [March 21].
  18. White-McLean (2011a), https://idtools.org/id/mollusc/factsheet.php?name=Arion%20intermedius
  19. 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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