Arion distinctus

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Arion distinctus
Arion distinctus from the Czech Republic
Arion distinctus from the Czech Republic
Conservation status
NE
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Pulmonata
Family: Arionidae
Genus: Arion
Species: A. distinctus
Binomial name
Arion distinctus
Mabille, 1868

The darkface arion, Arion distinctus, is species of air-breathing land slug in the family Arionidae, sometimes known as the roundback slugs. It is a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk.

[edit] Distribution and biotope

Central Europe.

  • Austria[2]
  • The Czech Republic - least concern (LC)[3][4]
  • Germany[5][6]
  • Slovakia
  • Switzerland [7]
  • ...

[edit] References

  1. ^ 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Cited 15 March 2007.
  2. ^ http://ipp.boku.ac.at/private/wf/Check_List_of_Austrian_Mollusca.html Letzte Änderung am 24.10.2005. access 2 March 2007
  3. ^ Juřičková L., Horsák M. & Beran L., 2001: Check-list of the molluscs (Mollusca) of the Czech Republic. Acta Soc. Zool. Bohem., 65: 25-40.
  4. ^ Check-list of the molluscs (Mollusca) of the Czech Republic
  5. ^ Deutsche Namen für einheimische Schnecken und Muscheln
  6. ^ MollBase - Arion distinctus - Garten-Wegschnecke - Atlas 1991
  7. ^ J. Iglesias & B. Speiser (2001) Distribution of Arion hortensis s.s. and Arion distinctus in northern Switzerland. - J. Moll. Stud. (2001), 67, 209-214.

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