Portuguese slug is the common name of Arion lusitanicus. It's found in woody areas, since it likes to feed off plant matter. But unlike many slugs, this particular kind prefers its plant body parts moist, fresh and alive.
Arion lusitanicus was created in 1868.
Arion vulgaris is the scientific name of the Spanish slug. There's a tendency to identify the Latin name as Arionlusitanicus. But it's a mistake to do so. Arion lusitanicus is the name of the Portuguese slug that's found in Portugal.
Arion Salazar's birth name is Arion Gabriel Salazar.
Lusitanops lusitanicus was created in 1906.
Arion lusitanicus is the Latin [or scientific] name of the Portuguese slug. It's an unusual kind of slug in that it's a picky eater. Specifically, it doesn't like to eat the dead and decaying matter that most slugs [Gastropoda] favor. Instead, it prefers its plant body parts moist, fresh and alive.
Arion is the Roman name of Areiôn, the immortal horse in Greek mythology begot by Demeter when raped by Poseidon.
Spanish slug is the common name of Arion vulgaris. It's native to southern England, western France, and northern Spain. But it has spread well beyond that range, into the rest of Europe. Since 1998, it even is found across the Atlantic, in the United States of America.
Pegasus, Arion
Arion's parents were Neptune and Ceres.
Arion is another kind of horse
Arion vejdorskyi was created in 1893.
Hellinsia arion was created in 1921.