Arion transsylvanus Simroth, 1885
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Arion subfuscus transsylvanus Simroth, 1885; Arion transsylvanicus Simroth, 1885 [orth. var.]
Currently placed in the subgenus Mesarion (MolluscaBase eds., 2026).
Conservation Status
Last record: 1885 (Simroth, 1885; Jordaens et al., 2010)
Since Rediscovered [date not specified] (Jordaens et al., 2010)
Distribution & Habitat
Hungary, Poland & Romania
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Simroth, H. (1885). Versuch einer Naturgeschichte der deutschen Nacktschnecken und ihrer europäischen Verwandten. Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Zoologie 42(2): 203-366, pl. 7-11.
Other references:
Clessin, S. (1887). Die Mollusken-Fauna Mitteleuropa’s. Nürnberg: Bauer & Raspe.
Jordaens, Kurt, Pinceel, Jan, Van Houtte, Natalie, Breugelmans, Karin and Backeljau, Thierry. (2010). Arion transsylvanus (Mollusca, Pulmonata, Arionidae): rediscovery of a cryptic species. Zoologica Scripta 39(4): 343-362. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1463-6409.2010.00425.x [sometimes incorrectly cited as "Arion transsylvanicus"]
Lupu, D. (1974). La révision des représentants de la famille des Arionidae (Gastropoda Pulmonata) de Roumanie. Travaux du Muséum d’Histoire Naturelle ‘‘Grigore Antipa’’ 15: 31-44.
Lupu, D. (1977). Le polymorphisme chez quelques espèces appartenant aux familles Limacidae et Arionidae de Roumanie. Malacologia 16: 21-33.
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Arion transsylvanus Simroth, 1885. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1049810 on 2026-02-28
Turóci, Ágnes, Hutchinson, John M. C., Schlitt, Bettina, Vidéki, Róbert, Farkas, Roland, Németh, Márk Z., Borostyán, Katalin and Páll-Gergely, Barna. (2025). First records of Arion intermedius and Arion transsylvanus (Stylommatophora: Arionidae) in Hungary. Ecologica Montenegrina. 83: 12-28. https://doi.org/10.37828/em.2025.83.2