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Arion vulgaris Moquin-Tandon, 1855 – the aetiology of an invasive species
 
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Institute of Environmental Sciences, Jagiellonian University
 
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Institute of Plant Protection - National Research Institute, Poznań, Poland
 
 
Submission date: 2016-02-08
 
 
Final revision date: 2017-03-03
 
 
Acceptance date: 2017-04-03
 
 
Publication date: 2017-05-22
 
 
Corresponding author
Kamila S. Zając   

Institute of Environmental Sciences, Jagiellonian University, Gronostajowa 7, 30-387 Kraków, Poland
 
 
Folia Malacol. 2017;25(2):81-93
 
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Arion vulgaris Moquin-Tandon, 1855 is ranked among the hundred most invasive species in Europe. Its native range is not known for certain. For many years, it was believed that the slug came from south-western Europe and began its spread over 40 years ago in the Iberian Peninsula, but recent molecular data suggest that it is native to Central Europe. Here we present a review of its biology, nomenclature, distribution, characteristics, control methods and status. We discuss potential reasons for the great success of A. vulgaris, considering various hypotheses which may explain its invasiveness.
 
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Climate gradients, and patterns of biodiversity and biotic homogenization in urban residential yards
Elizabeth Bergey, Benjamin Whipkey, Thor-Seng Liew
PLOS ONE
 
2.
Rapid invasion of the slug Krynickillus melanocephalus Kaleniczenko, 1851 in Sweden and some notes on the biology and anthropochorous spread of the species in Europe (Gastropoda: Eupulmonata: Agriolimacidae)
Proschwitz von
Folia Malacologica
 
3.
Occurrence of canine and feline lungworms in Arion vulgaris in a park of Vienna: First report of autochthonous Angiostrongylus vasorum, Aelurostrongylus abstrusus and Troglostrongylus brevior in Austria
Felipe Penagos-Tabares, Katharina Groß, Jörg Hirzmann, Christine Hoos, Malin Lange, Anja Taubert, Carlos Hermosilla
Parasitology Research
 
4.
Comment (Case 3685) – Arion vulgaris Moquin-Tandon, 1855 (Gastropoda, Stylommatophora, Arionidae): support for the modified proposal to preserve the specific name in its accustomed sense
Arturs Stalažs, Edgars Dreijers
The Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature
 
5.
Blue Tits Cyanistes caeruleus Laying Smaller Eggs after a Decline in Snail Numbers: An Indirect Effect of Slug Control in a City Park
Jerzy Bańbura, Anna Sulikowska-Drozd, Mirosława Bańbura, Piotr Zieliński, Adam Kaliński, Jarosław Wawrzyniak, Michał Glądalski, Joanna Skwarska, Marcin Markowski
Acta Ornithologica
 
6.
A comprehensive phylogeographic study of Arion vulgaris Moquin-Tandon, 1855 (Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Arionidae) in Europe
Kamila Zając, Bjørn Hatteland, Barbara Feldmeyer, Markus Pfenninger, Anna Filipiak, Leslie Noble, Dorota Lachowska-Cierlik
Organisms Diversity & Evolution
 
7.
The de novo genome of the “Spanish” slug Arion vulgaris Moquin-Tandon, 1855 (Gastropoda: Panpulmonata): massive expansion of transposable elements in a major pest species
Zeyuan Chen, Özgül Doğan, Nadège Guiglielmoni, Anne Guichard, Michael Schrödl
 
8.
Climate gradients, and patterns of biodiversity and biotic homogenization in urban residential yards
Elizabeth Bergey, Benjamin Whipkey
 
9.
Effects of fragmentation per se on slug movement
Johan Watz, Rolf Eckstein, Daniel Nyqvist
Acta Oecologica
 
10.
Annotated and Updated Checklist of Land and Freshwater Molluscs from Asturias (Northern Spain) with Emphasis on Parasite Transmitters and Exotic Species
Omar Sánchez, Jairo Robla, Andrés Arias
Diversity
 
11.
Detection of an invasive species Arion vulgaris Moquin-Tandon, 1855 (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Arionidae) in the Republic of North Ossetia-Alania
Evgeniy Schikov, Yuriy Komarov
Folia Malacologica
 
12.
Two new alien slugs, Krynickillus melanocephalus Kaleniczenko, 1851 and Tandonia kusceri (H. Wagner, 1931), are already widespread in Hungary
Ágnes Turóci, Zoltán Fehér, Virág Krízsik, Barna Páll-Gergely
Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae
 
13.
Occurrence and abundance of invasive and native Arion slugs in three types of habitats in urban area of Wrocław (SW Poland)
Adrianna Wosinek, Elżbieta Kuźnik-Kowlaska, Tomasz Maltz, Małgorzata Proćków
Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae
 
14.
Egg production in Arion vulgaris: density dependence in A. vulgaris and interspecific effects of Limax maximus
J Watz, S Johansson, D Nyqvist
Journal of Molluscan Studies
 
15.
Pulmonate slug evolution is reflected in the de novo genome of Arion vulgaris Moquin-Tandon, 1855
Zeyuan Chen, Özgül Doğan, Nadège Guiglielmoni, Anne Guichard, Michael Schrödl
Scientific Reports
 
16.
Dispersal movements of non‐native and native terrestrial slugs in an urban environment
Daniel Nyqvist, Gabriella Ritchey, Johan Watz
Invertebrate Biology
 
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