Disappearing Soil Slug vs Garden arion

Arion occultus compared with Arion hortensis

Key Differences

• Disappearing Soil Slug is Data Deficient while Garden arion is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Disappearing Soil Slug	Garden arion
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Mollusca (Mollusks)	Mollusca (Mollusks)
Class same	Gastropoda (Gastropoda)	Gastropoda (Gastropoda)
Order same	Stylommatophora (Stylommatophora)	Stylommatophora (Stylommatophora)
Family same	Arionidae	Arionidae
Genus same	Arion	Arion
Species	Arion occultus	Arion hortensis

Evolutionary Relationship

Disappearing Soil Slug and Garden arion share a common ancestor at the Genus level: Arion.

Conservation Status

Disappearing Soil Slug

DD — Data Deficient

Garden arion

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Disappearing Soil Slug	Garden arion
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Disappearing Soil Slug

Habitat

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

Range

Found in Ireland.

Garden arion

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa), Europe (5 countries), and North America (United States).