3,162 observationsLeast Concern
Chestnut Slug
Deroceras invadens
Taxonomy
Kingdom: Animalia ›Phylum: Mollusca ›Class: Gastropoda ›Order: Stylommatophora ›Family: Agriolimacidae ›Genus: Deroceras
About
Deroceras invadens is a species of air-breathing land slug, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Agriolimacidae. Until 2011, this widely distributed species was known as Deroceras panormitanum, and earlier as Deroceras caruanae or Agriolimax caruanae, but Reise et al. (2011) showed that these names refer to a distinct species of similar external appearance known at that time only from Sicily and Malta. Consequently, although the more widespread species was already well known, it then...
Frequently Asked Questions
- The scientific name of Chestnut Slug is Deroceras invadens.
- Chestnut Slug belongs to the kingdom Animalia.
- Chestnut Slug belongs to the phylum Mollusca.
- Chestnut Slug belongs to the class Gastropoda.
- Chestnut Slug belongs to the order Stylommatophora.
- Chestnut Slug belongs to the family Agriolimacidae.
- Chestnut Slug belongs to the genus Deroceras.