Invertebrates of the Presidio

Created by Kenneth Rangel

Garden Snail

Helix aspersa, known by the common name garden snail, is a species of land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Helicidae, the typical snails. This species is one of the best-known of all terrestrial molluscs.

Arion hortensis

Arion hortensis, common name the "garden slug", "small striped slug" or "black field slug" is a species of small air-breathing land slug, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Arionidae, the roundback slugs.

Hedgehog Slug

Arion intermedius is a species of land slug in the family Arionidae, the roundback slugs. It is known commonly as the hedgehog slug,hedgehog arion, or glade slug. It is native to Western Europe, and it is known as an introduced species in many other regions, including North America, Australia, New Zealand, North Africa, South Africa, and the Pacific ...more ↓

Arion silvaticus

Arion silvaticus is a species of air-breathing land slug, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Arionidae.

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