Arion hortensis

Arion hortensis

''Arion hortensis'', common name the "garden slug", "small striped slug" or "black field slug" is a species of small air-breathing land slug, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Arionidae, the roundback slugs.

In Britain, the name ''Arion hortensis'' was previously applied to a species complex, consisting of this species plus ''Arion distinctus'' Mabille, 1868 and ''Arion owneii'' Davies, 1979. Here the name is used ''sensu stricto''.
wildlife  Arion hortensis

Distribution

This species is native to European countries and islands including:

⤷  Great Britain
⤷  Ireland
⤷  and other areas

It has been introduced to Tasmania.

Habitat

This slug lives in gardens, fields, pastures and similar habitat.

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Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionMollusca
ClassGastropoda
OrderPulmonata
FamilyArionidae
GenusArion
SpeciesA. hortensis