Arion distinctus
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Arion distinctus, common name the darkface arion, is species of air-breathing land slug
in the family
Arionidae
, sometimes known as the roundback slugs. It is a terrestrial
pulmonate gastropod mollusk.
Slug
Slug is a common name that is normally applied to any gastropod mollusc that lacks a shell, has a very reduced shell, or has a small internal shell...
in the family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
Arionidae
Arionidae
Arionidae, common name the "roundback slugs" or "round back slugs" are a taxonomic family of air-breathing land slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Arionoidea.- Distribution :...
, sometimes known as the roundback slugs. It is a terrestrial
Terrestrial animal
Terrestrial animals are animals that live predominantly or entirely on land , as compared with aquatic animals, which live predominantly or entirely in the water , or amphibians, which rely on a combination of aquatic and terrestrial habitats...
pulmonate gastropod mollusk.
Distribution
This species is native to Central Europe.- Austria
- Czech Republic - least concern (LC)
- Germany
- Slovakia
- Switzerland
- Great Britain
- Ireland
- and other areas: