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Arion vulgaris Moquin-Tandon, 1855

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES

Classification

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

Name

Synonyms
Arion ater var. limbata R.T.Lowe, 1855
Arion rufus var. vulgaris Moquin-Tandon, 1855
Arion rufus vulgaris Moquin-Tandon, 1855
Homonyms
Arion vulgaris Moquin-Tandon, 1855
Common names
Dræbersnegl in Danish
Iberian slug in English
Iberisk skovsnegl in Danish
Limace ibérique in French
Loche méridionale in French
Loche méridionale in French
Loche méridionale in French
Lusitanian Slug in English
Lusitanian Slug in English
Lusitanian slug in English
Spaanse wegslak in Dutch
Spaanse wegslak in Dutch
Spanische Wegschnecke in language.
Spanish slug in English
Spanish slug in English
brunskogsnegl in Norwegian Bokmål
brunskogsnigel in Norwegian Bokmål
espanjansiruetana in Finnish
espanjansiruetana in Finnish
iberiaskogsnegl in Norwegian Bokmål
iberiaskogsnigel in Nynorsk, Norwegian
mördarsnigel in Swedish
spansk skogssnigel in Swedish
Spaanse wegslak in Dutch
Vulgar Slug in English
brunskogsnegl in Norwegian Bokmål
brunskogsnigel in Nynorsk, Norwegian
mördarsnigel in Swedish
mördarsnigel in Swedish
spansk skogssnigel in Swedish
Lusitanian Slug in English
brunskogsnegl in Norwegian Bokmål
brunskogsnegl in Norwegian Bokmål
brunskogsnegl in Norwegian Bokmål
brunskogsnigel in Norwegian Bokmål
brunskogsnigel in Norwegian Bokmål
brunskogsnigel in Norwegian Bokmål
iberiaskogsnegl in Norwegian Bokmål
iberiaskogsnigel in Nynorsk, Norwegian
mördarsnigel in Swedish
spansk skogssnigel in Swedish
spansk skogssnigel in Swedish

Bibliographic References

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  2. Bank, R. A.; Neubert, E. (2017). Checklist of the land and freshwater Gastropoda of Europe. Last update: July 16th, 2017.
  3. Bank, R. A.; Neubert, E. (2017). Checklist of the land and freshwater Gastropoda of Europe. Last update: July 16th, 2017.
  4. Delivering Alien Invasive Species Inventories for Europe DAISIE (2003-2016) Alien Species Database. http://www.europe-aliens.org (accessed 2016). http://www.europe-aliens.org
  5. F. Welter Schultes (06-06-2011) Arion vulgaris Moquin-Tandon, 1855
  6. GB Non-native Species Secretariat (2016) GB Non-native Species Information Portal. https://secure.fera.defra.gov.uk/nonnativespecies/home/index.cfm (accessed 2016). https://secure.fera.defra.gov.uk/nonnativespecies/home/index.cfm
  7. Naturalis (2005-2016) Nederlands Soortenregister, version 2.0. http://www.nederlandsesoorten.nl (accessed 2016). http://www.nederlandsesoorten.nl
  8. North European and Baltic Network on Invasive Alien Species NOBANIS (2016) Gateway to Information on Invasive Alien species in North and Central Europe. http://www.nobanis.org (accessed 2016). http://www.nobanis.org
  9. Soroka M., Kozłowski J., Wiktor A., Kałuski T.. 2009. Distribution and genetic diversity of the terrestrial slugs Arion lusitanicus Mabille, 1868 and Arion rufus (Linnaeus, 1758) in Poland based on mitochondrial DNA. Folia Biologica (Kraków), 57:71-81
  10. 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].
  11. 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).
  12. Turóci, Á., Fehér, Z., Varga, A., Zsigó, Gy. & Páll-Gergely, B. (2020). The agricultural damage caused by the Spanish slug (Arion vulgaris Moquin-Tandon, 1855), and the possible control methods. <em>Növényvédelem.</em> 81 [N.S. 56] (8): 361–369. [in Hungarian].
  13. Winter, Ørmen & Bøckman (2014) Boakjølsnegl kan begrense forekomster av brunskogssnegl på grunn av sin atferd of munnanatomi.
  14. Winter, Ørmen & Bøckman (2014) Boakjølsnegl kan begrense forekomster av brunskogssnegl på grunn av sin atferd of munnanatomi.
  15. Winter, Ørmen & Bøckman (2014) Boakjølsnegl kan begrense forekomster av brunskogssnegl på grunn av sin atferd of munnanatomi.
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