Bed-jacket vs Northern Dusky Slug

Alectryon tomentosus compared with Arion fuscus

Key Differences

• Bed-jacket is Least Concern while Northern Dusky Slug is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bed-jacket	Northern Dusky Slug
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Mollusca (Mollusks)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Gastropoda (Gastropoda)
Order	Sapindales (Sapindales)	Stylommatophora (Stylommatophora)
Family	Sapindaceae	Arionidae
Genus	Alectryon	Arion
Species	Alectryon tomentosus	Arion fuscus

Conservation Status

Bed-jacket

LC — Least Concern

Northern Dusky Slug

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bed-jacket	Northern Dusky Slug
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bed-jacket

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Northern Dusky Slug

Habitat

Typically found in terrestrial and aquatic habitats including forests and freshwater.

Range

Found across Europe (7 countries).

Bed-jacket

The Bed-jacket (Alectryon tomentosus) is a species in the genus Alectryon. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.