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Arion Slugs
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Arion Slugs

Arion

Arion is a genus of air-breathing land slugs in the family Arionidae, the roundback slugs.

Most species of this Palearctic genus are native to the Iberian Peninsula.

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4 branches of this genus, most-observed first

ater-group Arion Slugs

subgenusArion

Dusky Slugs

subgenusMesarion

hortensis-group Arion Slugs

subgenusKobeltia

fasciatus-group Arion Slugs

subgenusCarinarion

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Where it lives

Recorded sightings

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In the old herbals & bestiaries

Arion Slugs in Pinax Theatri botanici

Pinax Theatri botanici

Caspar Bauhin · 1671 · p.1

Arion Slugs in A voyage to the islands Madera Barbados Jamaica Vol. 1

A voyage to the islands Madera Barbados Jamaica Vol. 1

Hans Sloane · 1707 · p.618

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 54582.