Arion ater rufus

Arion ater rufus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Arionidae
Genus: Arion
Species:
A. ater
Subspecies:
A. a. rufus
Trinomial name
Arion ater rufus
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
  • Arion (Arion) rufus (Linnaeus, 1758) superseded rank
  • Arion (Lochea) rufus (Linnaeus, 1758) superseded combination
  • Arion (Lochea) rufus var. miniaceus Mabille, 1871 junior subjective synonym
  • Arion rufus (Linnaeus, 1758) superseded rank
  • Arion rufus rufus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Limax rufus Linnaeus, 1758 superseded combination

Arion ater rufus, also known as the red slug, large red slug, chocolate arion and European red slug, is a subspecies of land slug in the family Arionidae, the roundback slugs.

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