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Arion hortensis

Ferussac, 1819

Garden Arion Slug

G5Secure Found in 2 roadless areas NatureServe Explorer →

G5SecureGlobal Rank

LowThreat Impact

Identity

Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.107782

Element CodeIMGAS56050

Record TypeSPECIES

ClassificationSpecies

Classification StatusStandard

Name CategoryInvertebrate Animal

Endemicoccurs (regularly, as a native taxon) in multiple nations

KingdomAnimalia

PhylumMollusca

ClassGastropoda

OrderStylommatophora

FamilyArionidae

GenusArion

Other Common Names

Garden Arion (EN)

Concept Reference

Turgeon, D. D., J. F. Quinn, Jr., A. E. Bogan, E. V. Coan, F. G. Hochberg, W. G. Lyons, P. M. Mikkelsen, R. J. Neves, C. F. E. Roper, G. Rosenberg, B. Roth, A. Scheltema, F. G. Thompson, M. Vecchione, and J. D. Williams. 1998. Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Mollusks. 2nd Edition. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 26, Bethesda, Maryland. 526 pp.

Conservation Status

Review Date2009-03-03

Change Date2002-10-08

Edition Date2009-03-03

Edition AuthorsCordeiro, J.

Threat ImpactLow

Range Extent>2,500,000 square km (greater than 1,000,000 square miles)

Rank Reasons

It is globally distributed in North America, Europe, and New Zealand but is native to western and southern Europe (Roth and Sadeghian, 2003).

Range Extent Comments

It is globally distributed in North America, Europe, and New Zealand but is native to western and southern Europe (Roth and Sadeghian, 2003).

Occurrences Comments

Pearce (1994) reported it from Mackinac Island, Michigan. In New York, Hotopp and Pearce (2007) report it from Madison and Cattaraugus Cos. as introduced. In California it occurs in 12 counties: Marin, San Francisco, Alameda, Humboldt, Kern, Sacramento, San Luis Obispo, San Mateo, Santa Barbara, Riverside, Santa Cruz, and Sonoma (McDonnell et al., 2009). It has recently been confirmed in British Columbia (Forsyth, 2004- additions and corrections).

Ecology & Habitat

Other Nations (2)

United StatesNNA

Province	Rank	Native
Pennsylvania	SNA	No
California	SNA	No
Maryland	SNA	No
New York	SNA	No
Delaware	SNA	No
Washington	SNA	No
Michigan	SNA	No
Oregon	SNA	No
Idaho	SNA	No
Maine	SNA	No

CanadaNNA

Province	Rank	Native
Ontario	SNA	No
British Columbia	SNA	No
Island of Newfoundland	SNA	No
New Brunswick	SNA	No
Nova Scotia	SNA	No

Roadless Areas (2)

Alaska (2)

Area	Forest	Acres
Upper Situk	Tongass National Forest	16,789
Yakutat Forelands	Tongass National Forest	323,648

References (7)

Dourson, D.C. 2010. Kentucky's land snails and their ecological communities. Goatslug Publications, Bakersville, NC. 298 pp.
Forsyth, R.G. 2004b. Land Snails of British Columbia. Royal British Columbia Museum: Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. 188 pp.
Hotopp, K. and T.A. Pearce. 2007. Land snails in New York: statewide distribution and talus site faunas. Final Report for contract #NYHER 041129 submitted to New York State Biodiversity Research Institute, New York State Museum, Albany, New York. 91 pp.
McDonnell, R.J., T.D. Paine, and M.J. Gormally. 2009. Slugs. A guide to the invasive and native fauna of California. University of California Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Publication 8336. 21 pp.
Pearce, T.A. 1994. Terrestrial gastropods of Mackinac Island, Michigan, U.S.A. Walkerana, 7(17/18): 47-53.
Roth, B. and P.S. Sadeghian. 2003. Checklist of the land snails and slugs of California. Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History Contributions in Science, 3: 1-81.
Turgeon, D. D., J. F. Quinn, Jr., A. E. Bogan, E. V. Coan, F. G. Hochberg, W. G. Lyons, P. M. Mikkelsen, R. J. Neves, C. F. E. Roper, G. Rosenberg, B. Roth, A. Scheltema, F. G. Thompson, M. Vecchione, and J. D. Williams. 1998. Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Mollusks. 2nd Edition. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 26, Bethesda, Maryland. 526 pp.