Arion (gastropod)
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura |
| Superfamily: | Arionoidea |
| Family: | Arionidae |
| Genus: | Arion Férussac, 1819[1] |
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Arion is a genus of air-breathing land slugs, specifically roundback slugs, called "roundback" because they have no keel on the back of the body.
The genus name Arion is taken from that of the legendary ancient Greek poet Arion.
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[edit] Species
Species in the genus Arion include:
- Arion ater
- Arion circumscriptus
- Arion distinctus
- Arion fasciatus
- Arion flagellus
- Arion fuscus
- Arion hortensis
- Arion intermedius Normand, 1852 - synonym: Arion alpinus Pollonera, 1887[2]
- Arion lusitanicus
- Arion obesoductus Reischütz, 1973 - synonym: Arion alpinus auctt. non Pollonera, 1887[2]
- Arion occultus
- Arion owenii
- Arion silvaticus
- Arion simrothi
- Arion rufus
- Arion transsylvanus Simroth, 1885[3]
- Arion vulgaris, the invasive Spanish slug
Note: Arion vejdorskyi or Arion vejdowskyi is a taxon with unclear taxonomic position
[edit] References
- ^ Férussac A. E. J. P. J. F d'Audebard de & Deshayes G.-P. 1819-1851. Histoire naturelle générale et particulière des mollusques terrestres et fluviatiles, tant des espèces que l'on trouve aujourd'hui vivantes, que des dépouilles fossiles de celles qui n'existent plus; classés d'après les caractères essentiels que présentent ces animaux et leurs coquilles. pp. Tome 1: 8 + 184 pp.; Tome 2 (1): 402 pp.; 2 (2): 260 + 22 + 16 pp.; Atlas 1: 70 pl.; Atlas 2: 166 + 5 pl.. Paris. (J.-B. Bailliere).
- ^ a b Manganelli G., Bodon M. & Giusti F. (2010). "The status of Arion alpinus Pollonera 1887, and re-description of Arion obesoductus Reischütz 1973 (Gastropoda, Arionidae)". Journal of Conchology 40: 269-276. abstract.
- ^ Jordaens K., Pinceel J., Van Houtte N., Breugelmans K. & Backeljau T. (2010). "Arion transsylvanus (Mollusca, Pulmonata, Arionidae): rediscovery of a cryptic species". Zoologica Scripta 39(4): 343-362. doi:10.1111/j.1463-6409.2010.00425.x.
[edit] Further reading
- Quinteiro J., Rodríguez-Castro J., Castillejo J., Iglesias-Piñeiro J. & Rey-Méndez M. (2005). "Phylogeny of slug species of the genus Arion: evidence of monophyly of Iberian endemics and of the existence of relict species in Pyrenean refuges". Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research 43(2): 139-148. doi:10.1111/j.1439-0469.2005.00307.x.
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