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Chestnut slug

Deroceras invadens Reise, Hutchinson, Schunack & Schlitt, 2011

Status not recordedsnails and slugs

The chestnut slug (Deroceras invadens) is a species in the family Agriolimacidae.

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Quick facts about the chestnut slug

Weight
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Length
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Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the chestnut slug live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the chestnut slug as introduced in 5 countries, and flagged as invasive in 1 of them.

  1. Franceinvasive
  2. Belgium
  3. Mexico
  4. Panama
  5. United States

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the chestnut slug endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the chestnut slug classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumMollusca
  3. classGastropoda
  4. familyAgriolimacidae
  5. genusDeroceras
  6. SpeciesDeroceras invadens Reise, Hutchinson, Schunack & Schlitt, 2011

Synonyms Deroceras invadens, Deroceras meridionale, Deroceras pollonerai

Other names and names in other languages (17)
  • Tramp slugEnglish
  • Mittelmeer-AckerschneckeGerman
  • Babosa mediterráneaSpanish
  • tylppäetanaFinnish
  • Loche conquéranteFrench
  • gartnerkjølsneglNorwegian Bokmål
  • Zwervende akkerslakDutch
  • gartnarkjølsnigelNorwegian Nynorsk
  • Pomrowik inwazyjnyPolish
  • инвазивный слизеньRussian
  • slizniak mediteránnySlovak
  • växthussnigelSwedish
  • 入侵頸蛞蝓Chinese
  • Loche maltaiseFrench
  • Loche vagabondeFrench
  • Zuidelijke akkerslakDutch
  • vagabondsnigelSwedish

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the chestnut slug

Other species in the same genus Deroceras.

Milky slug

Deroceras reticulatum

AgriolimacidaeNo free photo yet

Grey slug

Deroceras agreste

AgriolimacidaeNo free photo yet

Brown slug

Deroceras laeve

AgriolimacidaeNo free photo yet

Brown slug

Deroceras panormitanum

AgriolimacidaeNo free photo yet

Marsh slug

Deroceras heterura

AgriolimacidaeNo free photo yet

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the chestnut slug an invasive species?

In some places. The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species flags the chestnut slug as invasive in 1 country: France. It lists it as introduced in 5 in all.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Chestnut slug (Deroceras invadens). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/chestnut-slug

MLA

“Chestnut slug (Deroceras invadens).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/chestnut-slug.

BibTeX
@misc{chestnut_slug_2026,
  title = {Chestnut slug (Deroceras invadens)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/chestnut-slug},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}