Slugs, snails and mussels
Slugs, snails and mussels are all molluscs (as are octopi and squid, though none of those has been sighted in the Wildspace!). With the exception of the water snail and the four species of mussel, the rest of the Wildspace molluscs live on land. By the way, the Zebra mussel was introduced to the UK from eastern europe, and is high on most 'rogues gallery' lists of invasive species.
If you would like to see what a particular species looks like, go to the website of the National Biodiversity Network and type the Binomial name of the species into the 'Search for Taxa' box. Or simply use Google search.
Logging species is an important aspect of our work in Ely Wildspace. If you would like to find out more please visit our page on Biological Recording
| Binomial name | Common name |
|---|---|
| Aegopinella nitidula | Waxy Glass Snail |
| Anodonta anatina | Duck Mussel |
| Arion ater | Great Black Slug |
| Arion hortensis | Blue-Black Soil Slug |
| Arion intermedius | Hedgehog Slug |
| Arion rufus | Large Red slug |
| Arion subfuscus | Dusky Slug |
| Cepaea hortensis | White-Lipped Snail |
| Cepaea nemoralis | Grove Snail |
| Cernuella virgata | Vineyard Snail |
| Clausilia bidentata | Two-Toothed Door Snail |
| Cochlicopa lubrica | Slippery Moss Snail |
| Cornu aspersum | Garden Snail |
| Deroceras invadens | Tramp Slug |
| Deroceras reticulatum | Netted Field Slug |
| Discus rotundatus | Discus Snail |
| Dreissena polymorpha | Zebra Mussel |
| Limacus maculatus | Irish Green Slug |
| Limax maximus | Leopard slug |
| Milax gagates | Black Keeled Slug |
| Monacha cantiana | Kentish Snail |
| Oxychilus alliarius | Garlic Snail |
| Oxychilus navarricus | Glossy Glass Snail |
| Tandonia budapestensis | Budapest Keeled Slug |
| Trochulus sericeus | Hairy Snail |
| Trochulus striolatus | Strawberry Snail |
| Unio pictorum | Painter's Mussel |
| Unio tumidus | Swollen River Mussel |
| Vitrina pellucida | Pellucid Glass Snail |
| Viviparus viviparus | Common River Snail |
