 NBN (data.nbn.org.uk)
has a distribution map for Arion vulgaris (Lusitanian Slug, Vulgar Slug)
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| Species | Arion vulgaris (Lusitanian Slug, Vulgar Slug) |
| Species aggregate | Arion ater agg. (black slugs, orange slugs) |
| Genus | Arion (a genus of slugs) |
| Family | ARIONIDAE (roundback slugs) |
| Order | PULMONATA (slugs and snails) |
| Class | GASTROPODA (slugs and snails) |
| Phylum | MOLLUSCA (slugs, snails, bivalves, octopus, sea slugs) |
| Superphylum | LOPHOTROCHOZOA (molluscs and relatives) |
| Clade | Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals) |
| Subkingdom | EUMETAZOA (metazoans) |
| Kingdom | ANIMALIA (animals) |
| Domain | Eukaryota (eukaryotes) |
| Life | BIOTA (living things) |
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NBN (data.nbn.org.uk)
has a distribution map for Arion vulgaris (Lusitanian Slug, Vulgar Slug)
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Arion vulgaris (Lusitanian Slug, Vulgar Slug) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:
| Author | Year | Title | Source |
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| Grimm, B., Paill, W. & Kaiser, H. | 2000 | Daily activity of the pest slug Arion lusitanicus Mabille. | J. Mollus. Stud. Vol 66: 125-128. |
Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Arion vulgaris (Lusitanian Slug, Vulgar Slug):
A large black, brown, grey, orange or dull yellowish slug with a dull-coloured (but not black) foot fringe although this is often dirty yellow or orange-brown in black individuals.
Brown forms with a dull foot fringe usually have the sole distinctly darker than the upperside.
Arion vulgaris never sways from side to side in the contracted state when firmly stroked from head to tail.
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