Arion ater agg.
(black slugs, orange slugs)

Arion ater agg. (black slugs, orange slugs) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Subtaxon Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
interactions		 No of
references
Arion ater
Great Black Slug, Large Black Slug
Species 1 trophisms
Arion rufus
Red Slug, Large Red Slug
Species 1 trophisms
Arion vulgaris
Lusitanian Slug, Vulgar Slug
Species 1 references
Taxonomic hierarchy:
Species aggregateArion ater agg. (black slugs, orange slugs)
GenusArion (a genus of slugs)
FamilyARIONIDAE (roundback slugs)
OrderPULMONATA (slugs and snails)
ClassGASTROPODA (slugs and snails)
PhylumMOLLUSCA (slugs, snails, bivalves, octopus, sea slugs)
SuperphylumLOPHOTROCHOZOA (molluscs and relatives)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Arion ater agg. (black slugs, orange slugs)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Anderson, R. 2009 Personal Communication
() Beedham, G.E. 1972 Identification of the British Mollusca Hulton Group Keys, 236pp, Hulton Educational Publications Ltd.

Arion ater agg. (black slugs, orange slugs) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Arion ater agg. (black slugs, orange slugs):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 97 images of Arion ater agg. (black slugs, orange slugs)

A group of large orange, brown or black slugs which are very difficult to distinguish.

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