Species Arion ater (Linnaeus, 1758)
Type data:
Status unknown, whereabouts unknown presumed lost, locality unknown.
Distribution
States
New South Wales, South Australia, Victoria
Extra Distribution Information
Adelaide Hills, Sydney and Dandenong Ranges; introduced from Europe.
IBRA
NSW, SA, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Channel Country (CHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gawler (GAW), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Kanmantoo (KAN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- New South Wales: SE coastal
- South Australia: S Gulfs
- Victoria: SE oceanic
Ecological Descriptors
Suburban cultivated crops.
General References
Quick, H.E. 1960. British Slugs (Pulmonata : Testacellidae, Arionidae, Limacidae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Zoology 6: 103-226 (anatomy)
Runham, N.W. & Hunter, P.J. 1970. Terrestrial Slugs. London : Hutchinson 184 pp. (physiology)
Smith, B.J. 1965. The secretions of the reproductive tract of the garden slug Arion ater. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 118: 997-1014
Smith, B.J. 1966. Maturation of the reproductive tract of Arion ater (Pulmonata : Arionidae). Malacologia 4: 325-349
Smith, B.J. 1966. The structure of the central nervous system of the slug Arion ater L., with notes on the cytoplasmic inclusions of the neurones. Journal of Comparative Neurology 126: 437-452
Smith, B.J. 1967. Correlation between neurosecretory changes and maturation of the reproductive tract of Arion ater (Stylommatophora : Arionidae). Malacologia 5: 285-298
History of changes
Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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12-Feb-2010 | (import) |