Species Arion hortensis Férussac, 1819

Museums

Regional Maps

• Arion hortensis Férussac, A.E.J.P.J.F. d'A. de 1819. Histoire Naturelle Générale et Particulière des Mollusques Terrestres et Fluviatiles. Paris Livr. 1–5 pp. 1–96. [65].

  Type data:

   Lectotype MNHP no number, "environ de Clermont", France.
  Paralectotype(s) MNHP no number 1 specimen.

  Subsequent designation references:

  De Winter, A.J. 1984. The Arion hortensis complex (Pulmonata : Arionidae): designation of types descriptions, and distributional patterns, with special reference to the Netherlands. Zoologische Mededelingen (Leiden) 59: 117 [3].

  Secondary source:

   Smith, B.J. & Kershaw, R.C. 1979. Field Guide to the Non-marine Molluscs of South-eastern Australia. Canberra : A.N.U. Press 285 pp. [195].

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Barker, G.M. 1999. Naturalised terrestrial Stylommatophora (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Fauna of New Zealand, 38. Lincoln, Canterbury, New Zealand : Manaaki Whenua Press 253 pp. [45]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Tasmania, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Introduced to New Zealand and USA.

Introduced from Europe.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

NSW, Tas, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Ben Lomond (BEL), Flinders (FLI), King (KIN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales: SE coastal
  • Tasmania
  • Victoria: SE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Woodland.

Extra Ecological Information

Grazer, crops, suburban cultivated.

 

General References

Backeljau, T. & Marquet, R. 1985. An advantageous use of multivariate statistics in a biometrical study on the Arion hortensis complex (Pulmonata: Arionidae) in Belgium. Malacological Review 18: 57-72 (biometry)

Backeljau, T. & Van Beeck, M. 1986. Epiphallus anatomy in the Arion hortensis species aggregate (Mollusca, Pulmonata). Zoologica Scripta 15(1): 61-68 (anatomy)

Barker, G.M. 1999. Naturalised terrestrial Stylommatophora (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Fauna of New Zealand, 38. Lincoln, Canterbury, New Zealand : Manaaki Whenua Press 253 pp. [45-47]

Quick, H.E. 1960. British Slugs (Pulmonata : Testacellidae, Arionidae, Limacidae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Zoology 6: 103-226 (anatomy, ecology)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
		12-Feb-2010	(import)