List of Slug Species of Canada

From Identifying Land Snails and Slugs in Canada.
Does anyone know if there is a checklist of species for Ontario? Sometimes it is unclear from the book whether or not a species is in Ontario, but when it is I've marked them with an asterisk (*). Probably/Possibly in Ontario are marked with (~). Unknown/Unclear are hopefully marked with (?). There are quite a few species only in BC. Please let me know if you have any questons.

Superfamily Parmacelloidea

Family Milacidae

Genus Milax

Milax gagates ~

Superfamily Limacoidea

Family Limacidae

Genus Lehmannia

Lehmannia marginata
Lehmannia valentiana *

Genus Limacus

Limacus flavus ~

Genus Limax

Limax maximus *

Family Agriolimacidae

Genus Deroceras

Deroceras agreste *
Deroceras hesperium ?
Deroceras laeve ?
Deroceras panormitanum *
Deroceras reticulatum *

Family Boettgerillidae

Genus Boettgerilla

Boettgerilla pallens *

Superfamily Arionoidea

Family Arionidae

Genus Arion

Arion intermedius *
Subgenus Arion (ater group)
Arion ater
Arion lusitanicus *
Arion rufus
Subgenus Carinarion (fasciatus group)
Arion circumscriptus *
Arion fasciatus *
Arion silvaticus *
Subgenus Kobelita (hortensis group)
Arion distinctus *
Arion hortensis ?
Subgenus Mesarion (subfuscus group)
Arion subfuscus *

Family Anadenidae

Genus Prophysaon

Prophysaon andersonii
Prophysaon coeruleum
Prophysaon foliolatum
Prophysaon vanattae

Genus Kootenaia

Kootenaia burkei

Family Ariolimacidae

Genus Ariolimax

Ariolimax columbianus

Genus Magnipelta

Magnipelta mycophaga

Family Binneyidae

Genus Hemphillia

Hemphillia camelus
Hemphillia dromedarius
Hemphillia glandulosa

Family Philomycidae

Genus Megapallifera

Megapallifera mutabilis ?

Genus Pallifera

Pallifera fosteri ?
Pallifera dorsalis ?

Genus Philomycus

Philomycus batchi ?
Philomycus carolinianus ?
Philomycus flexuolaris ?
Philomycus togatus ?

Posted on January 7, 2019 09:52 PM by

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Comments

As I find information I'll post it here. I am very interested in this region especially around the great lakes as it seems to be an area where at least two species meet. According to this link below, Philomycus batchi is synonymous with Philomycus togatus so P. batchi can probably be taken out as an option.

https://www.carnegiemnh.org/science/mollusks/va_philomycus_togatus.html

Posted by berkshirenaturalist about 2 years ago

In the research document below I think it's important to note that in the survey done, Philomycus carolinianus was not documented as being found in Pennsylvania, only being important to the topic at hand in that I suspect any observation in New York of P. carolinianus is less likely to be correct, though there may still be a presence that hasn't been documented. If that is the case, I have another source I'll mention later that shows Philomycus being documented in one of the U.S. counties at the southern tip of Lake Erie. I suspect that Philomycus carolinianus extends into southern Ontario from that point. How far is probably a case of preferred habitat but I'm just speculating.

http://research.dcnr.pa.gov/GetPDF.ashx?1133+R