Lundy list of Slugs and Snails
While slugs are abundant in damp weather, which is not uncommon on Lundy, they are very under recorded. Similarly whilst the large Garden and Brown-lipped Snails can be easily found records are rarely seen in the log book. The remaining snails are quite small and can only usually be found by diligent stone turning or wall inspection.
A total of 27 species (or forms) are listed here.
List alphabetically by scientific nameList in taxonomic order
- Black Slug Arion ater agg.AbundantTerrestrialfirst: 1983reference: LFS Annual Report Vol 34 (1983)
- Blue-black Soil Slug Arion hortensisRareTerrestrialfirst: 2016reference: LFS Annual Report Vol 66 (2016)
- Brown Soil Slug Arion distinctusRareTerrestrialfirst: 2016reference: LFS Annual Report Vol 66 (2016)
- Brown-lipped Snail Cepaea nemoralisAbundantTerrestrialfirst: 1983reference: LFS Annual Report Vol 34 (1983)
- Common Chrysalis Snail Lauria cylindraceaRareTerrestrialfirst: 1983reference: LFS Annual Report Vol 34 (1983)
- Common Garden Snail Cornu aspersumAbundantTerrestrialfirst: 1983reference: LFS Annual Report Vol 34 (1983)
- Dwarf Pond Snail Galba truncatulaAbundantFreshwaterfirst: 2016reference: LFS Annual Report Vol 66 (2016)
- Green Cellar Slug Limacus maculatusRareTerrestrialfirst: 2016reference: LFS Annual Report Vol 66 (2016)
- Hairy Snail Trochulus hispidusfirst: 2023reference: LFS Annual Report 2023
- Heath Snail Helicella italafirst: 2023reference: LFS Annual Report 2023
- Leopard Slug Limax maximusCommonTerrestrialfirst: 2017reference: LFS Annual Report Vol 67 (2017)
- Netted Field Slug Deroceras reticulatumFewTerrestrialfirst: 1983reference: LFS Annual Report Vol 34 (1983)
- New Zealand Mud Snail Potamopyrgus antipodarum [Hydrobia jenkinsi]AbundantFreshwaterfirst: 1993reference: LFS Annual Report Vol 44 (1993)
- Pellucid Glass Snail Vitrina pellucidaRareTerrestrialfirst: 2011reference: LFS Annual Report Vol 61 (2011)
- Ram's-horn Snail Bathyomphlus contortusRareFreshwaterfirst: 2010reference: LFS Annual Report Vol 60 (2010)
- Red-crusted Pea Mussel Pisidium personatumAbundantFreshwaterfirst: 1993reference: LFS Annual Report Vol 44 (1993)
- Rounded Snail Discus rotundatusFewTerrestrialfirst: 1983reference: LFS Annual Report Vol 34 (1983)
- Short-ended Pea Mussel Pisidium subtruncatumAbundantFreshwaterfirst: 1986reference: LFS Annual Report Vol 37 (1986)
- Slippery Snail Cochlicopa lubricaRareTerrestrialfirst: 1984reference: LFS Annual Report Vol 35 (1984)
- Strawberry Snail Trochulus striolatusFewTerrestrialfirst: 1983reference: LFS Annual Report Vol 34 (1983)
- Tree Slug Lehmannia marginataFrequentTerrestrialfirst: 1987reference: LFS Annual Report Vol 38 (1987)
- Tree Snail Balea heydenifirst: 2023reference: LFS Annual Report 2023
- Tree Snail Balea perversaRareTerrestrialfirst: 2019reference: LFS Annual Report Vol 69 (2019)
- Two-toothed Door Snail Clausilia bidentataFrequentTerrestrialfirst: 1983reference: LFS Annual Report Vol 34 (1983)
- Wandering Pond Snail Radix peregraFrequentFreshwaterfirst: 2017reference: LFS Annual Report Vol 67 (2017)
- Worm Slug Boettgerilla pallensRareTerrestrialfirst: 2016reference: LFS Annual Report Vol 66 (2016)
- Wrinkled snail Candidula intersectaFewTerrestrialfirst: 1983reference: LFS Annual Report Vol 34 (1983)