Disappearing Soil Slug

Arion occultus

Classification

Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Arionidae

Arion occultus is a species of small air-breathing land slug, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Arionidae, the roundback slugs. Distribution This species occurs in: Ireland; appears to be introduced in Ireland, but its country of origin is not known. Description This recently recognized species is part of the "Arion hortensis group" of species.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

Sources and credits

Photo(c) C.A. "Alie" Kratzer, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), uploaded by C.A. "Alie" Kratzer · CC-BY-SA DescriptionArion occultus, Wikipedia contributors

Disappearing Soil Slug

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