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Taxonomy
Family:
ARIONIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> Euthyneura (Infraclass)
> Tectipleura (Subterclass)
> Eupulmonata (Superorder)
> Stylommatophora (Order)
> Helicina (Suborder)
> Arionoidei (Infraorder)
> Arionoidea (Superfamily)
> Arionidae (Family)
> Arion (Genus)
> hortensis (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Arion (Kobeltia) hortensis Férussac, 1819 accepted, alternate representation
=Arion elongatus Collinge, 1894
=Arion fuscus var. pyrenaicus Moquin-Tandon, 1855
=Arion rubellus Sterki, 1911
Images: Arion hortensis Férussac, 1819
Whirinaki, Bay of Plenty, NZ. 15.4mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Whirinaki, Bay of Plenty, NZ. 15.4mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Whirinaki, Bay of Plenty, NZ. 15.4mm. Reproduced courtesy of Dave Roscoe
Taxonomy
Family:
ARIONIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> Euthyneura (Infraclass)
> Tectipleura (Subterclass)
> Eupulmonata (Superorder)
> Stylommatophora (Order)
> Helicina (Suborder)
> Arionoidei (Infraorder)
> Arionoidea (Superfamily)
> Arionidae (Family)
> Arion (Genus)
> hortensis (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Arion (Kobeltia) hortensis Férussac, 1819 accepted, alternate representation
=Arion elongatus Collinge, 1894
=Arion fuscus var. pyrenaicus Moquin-Tandon, 1855
=Arion rubellus Sterki, 1911
Details: Arion hortensis Férussac, 1819
Distribution:
North and South Island
Notes:
Land
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Barker, G.M. 1999 Naturalised Terrestrial Stylommatophora (Mollusca: Gastropoda), Fauna of New Zealand, Manaaki Whenua Press (p.45)

NZ Geographical Regions
Key to symbols used in Checklist.
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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