scholarly journals Karyotype of Arion vulgaris Moquin-Tandon, 1856 (Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Arionidae)

2014 ◽  
Vol 22 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexandr V. Garbar ◽  
Natalia S. Kadlubovska
Keyword(s):  
Arion Vulgaris

Arion vulgaris (Spanish slug).

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roy Anderson
Keyword(s):  
Central Europe ◽  
Molecular Diversity ◽  
Country Of Origin ◽  
Food Sources ◽  
Passive Dispersal ◽  
Southern France ◽  
Arion Vulgaris

Abstract The invasiveness of A. vulgaris is related to several factors. Its ability and readiness to colonize humanly-disturbed environments is of major importance. Proschwitz (1997) observed that 99% of Swedish records were from synanthropic habitats and only 1% from natural woodlands. With a proximity to humans, comes the possibility of passive dispersal through trade, particularly in living plants. The garden centre trade and horticulture are particularly implicated (Weidema, 2006). In Poland, there is evidence from studies of molecular diversity that A. vulgaris has originated from repeated, separate introductions from other parts of Europe (Soroka et al., 2007). The ability of A. vulgaris to utilize a great variety of food sources and types has been well-documented and must aid dispersal and colonization. Other than its country of origin (France), it is considered to be invasive across western and central Europe, from the Pyrenees to eastern Poland and from southern France to north Italy, Austria and Slovakia and within an isolated range in eastern Bulgaria.

Is Phasmarhabditis papillosa (Nematoda: Rhabditidae) a possible biological control agent against the Spanish slug, Arion vulgaris (Gastropoda: Arionidae)?

Nematology ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Žiga Laznik ◽  
Ivana Majić ◽  
Stanislav Trdan ◽  
Antoinette P. Malan ◽  
Annika Pieterse ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Biological Control ◽  
Laboratory Experiments ◽  
Biological Control Agent ◽  
First Record ◽  
Control Agent ◽  
Molecular Techniques ◽  
Parasitic Nematodes ◽  
Arion Vulgaris ◽  
Potential Use

Summary In the period from August to October 2018, 140 specimens of the Spanish slug, Arion vulgaris, were collected from Podbrezje, Slovenia. Slugs were dissected and examined for the presence of parasitic nematodes within the cadavers. Identification of the nematodes was conducted using morphological and molecular techniques and confirmed the presence of Phasmarhabditis papillosa. This is the first record of P. papillosa from the mollusc host, A. vulgaris. Laboratory experiments aimed at testing the efficacy of P. papillosa against A. vulgaris were conducted using nematodes grown in vivo. Nematodes were applied at concentration rates of 50, 100 and 200 nematodes slug−1, respectively. Three weeks following treatment, the mortality of slugs was confirmed in all treatments (50 nematodes slug−1, 37.4 ± 2.7%; 100 nematodes slug−1, 48.4 ± 2.7%; 200 nematodes slug−1, 50.6 ± 2.7%). However, the pathogenesis of P. papillosa was observed first in the treatments with the lowest nematode dose at 4 days after treatments, while a decrease in the feeding behaviour of slugs was noted first in the treatments with the highest nematode dose. Future opportunities for the potential use of P. papillosa as a biological control agent against slugs are discussed. This is the first report of P. papillosa from Slovenia, and of its virulence against A. vulgaris.

Metal binding functions of metallothioneins in the slugArion vulgarisdiffer from metal-specific isoforms of terrestrial snails

Metallomics ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (11) ◽  
pp. 1638-1654 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin Dvorak ◽  
Reinhard Lackner ◽  
Michael Niederwanger ◽  
Claire Rotondo ◽  
Raimund Schnegg ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Heavy Metals ◽  
Metal Binding ◽  
Arion Vulgaris ◽  
Terrestrial Snails

Arion vulgarisis a European slug with a huge potential for accumulating and detoxifying heavy metals.

scholarly journals Detection of Crenosoma spp., Angiostrongylus vasorum and Aelurostrongylus abstrusus in Gastropods in Eastern Austria

Pathogens ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (12) ◽  
pp. 1046 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hans-Peter Fuehrer ◽  
Simone Morelli ◽  
Julian Bleicher ◽  
Thomas Brauchart ◽  
Mirjam Edler ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
At Risk ◽  
Veterinary Medicine ◽  
Sequence Analysis ◽  
Angiostrongylus Vasorum ◽  
Risk Of Infection ◽  
Aelurostrongylus Abstrusus ◽  
Crenosoma Vulpis ◽  
Arion Vulgaris ◽  
Eastern Austria ◽  
Limax Maximus

Canine and feline cardiorespiratory parasites are of utmost relevance in veterinary medicine. Key epizootiological information on major pet metastrongyloids, i.e., Angiostrongylus vasorum and Crenosoma vulpis infecting dogs, and Aelurostrongylus abstrusus and Troglostrongylus brevior infecting cats, is missing from Austria. This study investigated their occurrence in 1320 gastropods collected in the Austrian provinces of Styria, Burgenland, Lower Austria, and in metropolitan Vienna. Metastrongyloid larvae were microscopically detected in 25 samples, and sequence analysis confirmed the presence of metastrongyloids in nine samples, i.e., A. vasorum in one slug (Arion vulgaris) (0.07%), C. vulpis in five slugs (one Limax maximus and four A. vulgaris) (0.4%), A. abstrusus in two A. vulgaris (0.17%), and the hedgehog lungworm Crenosoma striatum was detected in one A. vulgaris. The present study confirms the enzooticity of major cardiorespiratory nematodes in Austria and that canine and feline populations are at risk of infection.

scholarly journals Effect of invasive slug populations (Arion vulgaris) on grass silage. II: Microbiological quality and feed safety

2015 ◽  
Vol 199 ◽  
pp. 20-28 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kristine Gismervik ◽  
Åshild Taksdal Randby ◽  
Liv Marit Rørvik ◽  
Torkjel Bruheim ◽  
Arild Andersen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Microbiological Quality ◽  
Grass Silage ◽  
Arion Vulgaris ◽  
Feed Safety

scholarly journals Distribution and spread of the invasive slug Arion vulgaris Moquin-Tandon in Norway

2013 ◽  
Vol 32 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Bjørn Arild Hatteland ◽  
Steffen Roth ◽  
Arild Andersen ◽  
Kristin Kaasa ◽  
Bente Støa ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Arion Vulgaris

scholarly journals Plži Obory Hvězda, Petřína a Vyšehradu v Praze [Gastropods of the Hvězda Game Reserve, Petřín and Vyšehrad in Prague]

2021 ◽  
Vol 20 ◽  
pp. 15-29
Author(s):  
Štěpánka Podroužková ◽  
Magda Drvotová ◽  
Dagmar Berneška Říhová ◽  
Jana Škodová ◽  
Alena Kocurková ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
Endangered Species ◽  
The Other ◽  
Sensitive Species ◽  
Weed Species ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Game Reserve ◽  
Arianta Arbustorum ◽  
Arion Vulgaris ◽  
First Time

Mollusc fauna of three protected areas in the capital of the Czech Republic, Prague, was revised after 25 years (Hvězda Game Reserve, Petřín) or studied for the first time (Vyšehrad). In total, 56 molluscs species were found and the survival of endangered species Vertigo angustior and Nesovitrea petronella in the Hvězda Game Reserve was verified. Generally, some sensitive species in well-preserved localities are being replaced by weed species, including non-indigenous ones such as the invasive Arion vulgaris, and the southern element Monacha cartusiana. On the other hand, some woodland species such as Arianta arbustorum, Urticicola umbrosus, Eucobresia diaphana, Arion silvaticus and Lehmannia marginata apparently spread in Prague.

scholarly journals The de novo genome of the “Spanish” slug Arion vulgaris Moquin-Tandon, 1855 (Gastropoda: Panpulmonata): massive expansion of transposable elements in a major pest species

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zeyuan Chen ◽  
Özgül Doğan ◽  
Nadège Guiglielmoni ◽  
Anne Guichard ◽  
Michael Schrödl
Keyword(s):  
Transposable Elements ◽  
Genome Assembly ◽  
De Novo ◽  
Repetitive Sequences ◽  
Land Snails ◽  
Whole Genome ◽  
Pest Species ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Genome Duplication Event ◽  
Arion Vulgaris

AbstractBackgroundThe “Spanish” slug, Arion vulgaris Moquin-Tandon, 1855, is considered to be among the 100 worst pest species in Europe. It is common and invasive to at least northern and eastern parts of Europe, probably benefitting from climate change and the modern human lifestyle. The origin and expansion of this species, the mechanisms behind its outstanding adaptive success and ability to outcompete other land slugs are worth to be explored on a genomic level. However, a high-quality chromosome-level genome is still lacking.FindingsThe final assembly of A. vulgaris was obtained by combining short reads, linked reads, Nanopore long reads, and Hi-C data. The genome assembly size is 1.54 Gb with a contig N50 length of 8.6 Mb. We found a recent expansion of transposable elements (TEs) which results in repetitive sequences accounting for more than 75% of the A. vulgaris genome, which is the highest among all known gastropod species. We identified 32,518 protein coding genes, and 2,763 species specific genes were functionally enriched in response to stimuli, nervous system and reproduction. With 1,237 single-copy orthologs from A. vulgaris and other related mollusks with whole-genome data available, we reconstructed the phylogenetic relationships of gastropods and estimated the divergence time of stylommatophoran land snails (Achatina) and Arion slugs at around 126 million years ago, and confirmed the whole genome duplication event shared by them.ConclusionsTo our knowledge, the A. vulgaris genome is the first land slug genome assembly published to date. The high-quality genomic data will provide valuable genetic resources for further phylogeographic studies of A. vulgaris origin and expansion, invasiveness, as well as molluscan aquatic-land transition and shell formation.

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