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Vine slug

Drusia ibera (Eichwald, 1841)

Status not recordedsnails and slugs

The vine slug (Drusia ibera) is a species in the family Parmacellidae.

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Quick facts about the vine slug

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
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 vine slug live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the vine slug as introduced in 1 country.

  1. Ukraine

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 vine 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 vine slug classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumMollusca
  3. classGastropoda
  4. familyParmacellidae
  5. genusDrusia
  6. SpeciesDrusia ibera (Eichwald, 1841)

Synonyms Clathropodium vitrinaeforme, Drusia ibera, Parmacella ibera, Parmacella olivieri var. ibera, Parmacella simrothi

Other names and names in other languages (4)
  • Melon slugEnglish
  • Пармацелла иберийскаяRussian
  • Üzüm SümüklüböceğiTurkish
  • Пармацела іберійськаUkrainian

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the vine slug

Other species in the same genus Drusia.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the vine slug an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the vine slug as introduced in 1 country: Ukraine, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

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). Vine slug (Drusia ibera). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/vine-slug

MLA

“Vine slug (Drusia ibera).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/vine-slug.

BibTeX
@misc{vine_slug_2026,
  title = {Vine slug (Drusia ibera)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/vine-slug},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}