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 common nameList in taxonomic order
- Arion ater agg. Black SlugAbundantTerrestrialfirst:1983reference: LFS Annual Report Vol 34 (1983)
- Arion distinctus Brown Soil SlugRareTerrestrialfirst:2016reference: LFS Annual Report Vol 66 (2016)
- Arion hortensis Blue-black Soil SlugRareTerrestrialfirst:2016reference: LFS Annual Report Vol 66 (2016)
- Balea heydeni Tree Snailfirst:2023reference: LFS Annual Report 2023
- Balea perversa Tree SnailRareTerrestrialfirst:2019reference: LFS Annual Report Vol 69 (2019)
- Bathyomphlus contortus Ram's-horn SnailRareFreshwaterfirst:2010reference: LFS Annual Report Vol 60 (2010)
- Boettgerilla pallens Worm SlugRareTerrestrialfirst:2016reference: LFS Annual Report Vol 66 (2016)
- Candidula intersecta Wrinkled snailFewTerrestrialfirst:1983reference: LFS Annual Report Vol 34 (1983)
- Cepaea nemoralis Brown-lipped SnailAbundantTerrestrialfirst:1983reference: LFS Annual Report Vol 34 (1983)
- Clausilia bidentata Two-toothed Door SnailFrequentTerrestrialfirst:1983reference: LFS Annual Report Vol 34 (1983)
- Cochlicopa lubrica Slippery SnailRareTerrestrialfirst:1984reference: LFS Annual Report Vol 35 (1984)
- Cornu aspersum Common Garden SnailAbundantTerrestrialfirst:1983reference: LFS Annual Report Vol 34 (1983)
- Deroceras reticulatum Netted Field SlugFewTerrestrialfirst:1983reference: LFS Annual Report Vol 34 (1983)
- Discus rotundatus Rounded SnailFewTerrestrialfirst:1983reference: LFS Annual Report Vol 34 (1983)
- Galba truncatula Dwarf Pond SnailAbundantFreshwaterfirst:2016reference: LFS Annual Report Vol 66 (2016)
- Helicella itala Heath Snailfirst:2023reference: LFS Annual Report 2023
- Lauria cylindracea Common Chrysalis SnailRareTerrestrialfirst:1983reference: LFS Annual Report Vol 34 (1983)
- Lehmannia marginata Tree SlugFrequentTerrestrialfirst:1987reference: LFS Annual Report Vol 38 (1987)
- Limacus maculatus Green Cellar SlugRareTerrestrialfirst:2016reference: LFS Annual Report Vol 66 (2016)
- Limax maximus Leopard SlugCommonTerrestrialfirst:2017reference: LFS Annual Report Vol 67 (2017)
- Pisidium personatum Red-crusted Pea MusselAbundantFreshwaterfirst:1993reference: LFS Annual Report Vol 44 (1993)
- Pisidium subtruncatum Short-ended Pea MusselAbundantFreshwaterfirst:1986reference: LFS Annual Report Vol 37 (1986)
- Potamopyrgus antipodarum [Hydrobia jenkinsi] New Zealand Mud SnailAbundantFreshwaterfirst:1993reference: LFS Annual Report Vol 44 (1993)
- Radix peregra Wandering Pond SnailFrequentFreshwaterfirst:2017reference: LFS Annual Report Vol 67 (2017)
- Trochulus hispidus Hairy Snailfirst:2023reference: LFS Annual Report 2023
- Trochulus striolatus Strawberry SnailFewTerrestrialfirst:1983reference: LFS Annual Report Vol 34 (1983)
- Vitrina pellucida Pellucid Glass SnailRareTerrestrialfirst:2011reference: LFS Annual Report Vol 61 (2011)