Species: Deroceras laeve
Meadow Slug
Species
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Classification
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Gastropoda
Order
Stylommatophora
Family
Limacidae
Genus
Deroceras
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Classification
Other Global Common Names
Marsh Slug
Informal Taxonomy
Animals, Invertebrates - Mollusks - Terrestrial Snails
Formal Taxonomy
Animalia - Mollusca - Gastropoda - Stylommatophora - Limacidae - Deroceras
Ecology and Life History
Habitat Type Description
Terrestrial
Migration
false - false - false
Non-migrant
false
Locally Migrant
false
Conservation Status
NatureServe Global Status Rank
G5
Global Status Last Reviewed
2007-05-18
Global Status Last Changed
2002-10-08
Distribution
Conservation Status Map
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Global Range
H - >2,500,000 square km (greater than 1,000,000 square miles) - H - This species is cosmopolitian in distribution and generally assumed to be native to the Palearctic region, but has been introduced by humans to most suitable areas worldwide (Barker, 1999) with the exception of Antarctica.
Global Range Code
H
Global Range Description
>2,500,000 square km (greater than 1,000,000 square miles)