Talk:Spanish slug
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A note edit
Please notice that the proper name of the Spanish slug is Arion vulgaris rather than Arion lusitanicus as previously thought. The latter is a case off miss-identification. See article for details. Petter Bøckman (talk) 08:44, 23 July 2009 (UTC)
- But if it's wrong, why even include it?--NYMFan69-86 (talk) 04:17, 21 February 2010 (UTC)
- It's included, as the miss-identification was recently discovered, and 95% of sources on the critter will still say Arion lusitanicus.Petter Bøckman (talk) 08:04, 21 February 2010 (UTC)
- Oh, so it's a common misconception? I gotcha.--76.0.137.226 (talk) 18:47, 21 February 2010 (UTC)
- It's included, as the miss-identification was recently discovered, and 95% of sources on the critter will still say Arion lusitanicus.Petter Bøckman (talk) 08:04, 21 February 2010 (UTC)
vulgaris vs lusitanicus is not quite so clear cut edit
Unfortunately there are problems also in using the specific name vulgaris for the pest species, since it is far from clear to which species this name was originally applied. In the absence of resolution, some scientists still prefer to refer to the invasive pest species as Arion lusitanicus auct. non Mabille (meaning as used by various authors but not by Mabille, who coined the name lusitanicus to apply to the Portuguese endemic). This is awkward, but not ambiguous, and not wrong. Jmchutchinson (talk) 07:38, 30 November 2014 (UTC)