Disappearing Soil Slug vs Durham slug

Arion occultus compared with Arion flagellus

Key Differences

• Disappearing Soil Slug is Data Deficient while Durham slug is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Disappearing Soil Slug	Durham slug
Kingdom same	Animalia (động vật)	Animalia (động vật)
Phylum same	Mollusca (động vật thân mềm)	Mollusca (động vật thân mềm)
Class same	Gastropoda (Lớp Chân bụng)	Gastropoda (Lớp Chân bụng)
Order same	Stylommatophora (Stylommatophora)	Stylommatophora (Stylommatophora)
Family same	Arionidae	Arionidae
Genus same	Arion	Arion
Species	Arion occultus	Arion flagellus

Evolutionary Relationship

Disappearing Soil Slug and Durham slug share a common ancestor at the Genus level: Arion.

Conservation Status

Disappearing Soil Slug

DD — Data Deficient

Durham slug

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Disappearing Soil Slug	Durham slug
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.

Durham slug

Habitat

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

Range

Found across Africa (South Africa) and Europe (6 countries).

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇮🇪 Ireland