Arion fuscus

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Arion fuscus
Arion fuscus from the Czech Republic was formerly named as Arion subfuscus
Conservation status
Not evaluated
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Gastropoda Order: Pulmonata Family: Arionidae Genus: Arion Species: A. fuscus
Binomial name
Arion fuscus (O. F. Müller, 1774)

Arion fuscus (O. F. Müller, 1774) is species of slug from family Arionidae.

Arion subfuscus (Draparnaud, 1805) is to be considered to be partial synonyme for Arion fuscus.^[1] (For practical purposes they are synonymes in Germany and in the Czech Republic.)

Contents 1 Description 2 Distribution and biotope 3 References 4 Recommended literature 5 External links

[edit] Description

Slug.

[edit] Distribution and biotope

Europe.

• Not listed in IUCN red list - not evaluated (NE)^[2]
• Austria^[3]
• The Czech Republic - least concern (LC)^[4][5]
• Germany^[6][7]
• Netherlands^[8]
• ...

Biotope: woods.

[edit] References

1. ^ http://www.mollusken-nrw.de/forschung/checkliste.htm
2. ^ 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Cited 2 March 2007.
3. ^ http://ipp.boku.ac.at/private/wf/Check_List_of_Austrian_Mollusca.html Letzte Änderung am 24.10.2005. access 2 March 2007
4. ^ Juřičková L., Horsák M. & Beran L., 2001: Check-list of the molluscs (Mollusca) of the Czech Republic. Acta Soc. Zool. Bohem., 65: 25-40.
5. ^ http://mollusca.sav.sk/malacology/checklist.htm
6. ^ http://www.mollbase.de/list/deunam.htm
7. ^ http://www.mollbase.de/sh/arionidae/arion_subfuscus_atl.htm
8. ^ http://www.anemoon.org/anm/voorlopige-kaarten/landmollusken/wetenschappelijk/arion-subfuscus

[edit] Recommended literature

• Pinceel J., Joardens K., Van Houtte N., De Winter A.J. & Backeljau T. 2004: Molecular and morphological data reveal cryptic taxonomic diversity in the terrestrial slug complex Arion subfuscus/fuscus (Mollusca, Pulmonata, Arionidae) in continental north-west Europe. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 83: 23–38. http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1095-8312.2004.00368.x
• Pinceel J., Joardens K., Pfenninger M. & Backeljau T. 2005: Rangewide phylogeography of a terrestrial slug in Europe: evidence for Alpine refugia and rapid colonization after the Pleistocene glaciations. Molecular Ecology 14: 1133–1150. http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/links/doi/10.1111/j.1365-294X.2005.02479.x/abs/
• http://www.springerlink.com/content/7gqg56435443234k/

[edit] External links