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Kingdom: Animalia > Phylum: Mollusca > Class: Gastropoda > Order: Stylommatophora > Family: Arionidae > Genus: Geomalacus > Species: Geomalacus maculosus

Kerry Slug - Geomalacus maculosus Allman, 1843

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Quick facts

Threat status Europe	Lower Risk: Least Concern (IUCN)
Protected by	EU Habitats Directive and 2 other international agreements
Natura 2000 sites	65 are designated for this species
Most preferred habitats	heathland and shrub woodland and forest
May also occur in	sparsely vegetated land wetlands
Natura 2000 species code	1024

Distribution

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Threat and conservation status

IUCN Red List status of threatened species

The IUCN Red List threat status assesses the risk of extinction.

World

Lower Risk: Least Concern

Europe

Lower Risk: Least Concern

Not evaluated

IUCN Red List Category

Not Evaluated	Near Threatened	Regionally Extinct
Not Applicable	Vulnerable	Extinct in the Wild
Data Deficient	Endangered	Extinct
Least Concern	Critically Endangered

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EU conservation status

Conservation status assesses every six years and for each biogeographical region the condition of habitats and species compared to the favourable status as described in the Habitats Directive. The map shows the 2013-2018 assessments as reported by EU Member State. Assessments are further detailed in the summary document available behind the link below.

Good: the species is viable and maintaining itself on a long-term basis, its natural range is not reduced, and it has a sufficient large habitat.
Poor: the species is not as critical as being unfavourable-bad, but still requires significant conservation and restoration measure to make it viable in the long-term, or to enlarged its current range, or to improve the quality and availability of its habitat.
Bad: the species is either not maintaining itself on a long-term basis and is not viable, or its natural range as been or is being drastically reduced, or its habitat is largely insufficient; the species requires major conservation and restoration measures.
Unknown: the information available for the species is scarce and does not allow a proper assessment of its conservation status.

Natura 2000 sites

Protected in the following Natura 2000 sites

Sitecode	Country	Site name	Action
ES0000001	Spain	Illas Cíes	Map
ES0000003	Spain	Picos de Europa	Map
ES0000176	Spain	Costa da Morte (Norte)	Map
ES0000198	Spain	Liébana	Map
ES0000210	Spain	Alto Sil	Map
ES0000258	Spain	Costa de Ferrolterra - Valdoviño	Map
ES0000374	Spain	Ancares	Map
ES0000376	Spain	Baixa Limia - Serra do Xurés	Map
ES1110002	Spain	Costa Ártabra	Map
ES1110003	Spain	Fragas do Eume	Map
ES1110004	Spain	Encoro de Abegondo - Cecebre	Map
ES1110005	Spain	Costa da Morte	Map
ES1110008	Spain	Carnota - Monte Pindo	Map
ES1110011	Spain	Esteiro do Tambre	Map
ES1110015	Spain	Río Anllóns	Map
ES1110016	Spain	Río Tambre	Map
ES1120001	Spain	Ancares - Courel	Map
ES1120002	Spain	Río Eo	Map
ES1120004	Spain	A Marronda	Map
ES1120006	Spain	Carballido	Map
ES1120007	Spain	Cruzul - Agüeira	Map
ES1120009	Spain	Monte Maior	Map
ES1120010	Spain	Negueira	Map
ES1120015	Spain	Serra do Xistral	Map
ES1130001	Spain	Baixa Limia	Map
ES1130002	Spain	Macizo Central	Map
ES1130003	Spain	Bidueiral de Montederramo	Map
ES1130004	Spain	Pena Veidosa	Map
ES1130005	Spain	Río Támega	Map
ES1140001	Spain	Sistema fluvial Ulla - Deza	Map
ES1140005	Spain	Monte Aloia	Map
ES1140007	Spain	Baixo Miño	Map
ES1140013	Spain	Serra do Candán	Map
ES1140014	Spain	Serra do Cando	Map
ES1140015	Spain	Sobreirais do Arnego	Map
ES1200001	Spain	Picos de Europa (Asturias)	Map
ES1200002	Spain	Muniellos	Map
ES1200008	Spain	Redes	Map
ES1300001	Spain	Liébana	Map
ES1300014	Spain	Río Camesa	Map
ES1300021	Spain	Valles altos del Nansa y Saja y Alto Campoo	Map
ES4130003	Spain	Picos de Europa en Castilla y León	Map
ES4130010	Spain	Sierra de los Ancares	Map
ES4130037	Spain	Hoces de Vegacervera	Map
ES4140011	Spain	Fuentes Carrionas y Fuente Cobre-Montaña Palentina	Map
IE0000090	Ireland	Glengarriff Harbour and Woodland SAC	Map
IE0000093	Ireland	Caha Mountains SAC	Map
IE0000102	Ireland	Sheep's Head SAC	Map
IE0000365	Ireland	Killarney National Park, Macgillycuddy's Reeks and Caragh River Catchment SAC	Map
IE0000370	Ireland	Lough Yganavan and Lough Nambrackdarrig SAC	Map
IE0001342	Ireland	Cloonee and Inchiquin Loughs, Uragh Wood SAC	Map
IE0002173	Ireland	Blackwater River (Kerry) SAC	Map
PTCON0001	Portugal	Peneda / Gerês	Map
PTCON0002	Portugal	Montesinho / Nogueira	Map
PTZPE0002	Portugal	Serra do Gerês	Map
PTCON0014	Portugal	Serra da Estrela	Map
ES4190105	Spain	Lago de Sanabria y alrededores	Map
ES1120014	Spain	Canón do Sil	Map
ES1130007	Spain	Pena Trevinca	Map
ES4190110	Spain	Sierra de la Cabrera	Map
ES4130117	Spain	Montes Aquilanos y Sierra de Teleno	Map
PTCON0047	Portugal	Serras da Freita e Arada	Map
ES0000437	Spain	Pena Trevinca	Map
ES1200009	Spain	Ponga-Amieva	Map
PTZPE0003	Portugal	Montesinho / Nogueira	Map

Protected sites

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Legal status

Mentioned in the following international legal instruments and agreements

Legal text	Annex	More information
Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora - consolidated version 01/01/2007 (EU Habitats Directive)	Annex II: animal and plant species of community interest whose conservation requires the designation of special areas of conservation.	http://ec.europa.eu/environm...rective/index_en.htm
	Annex IV: animal and plant species of community interest in need of strict protection.
Convention on the conservation of European wildlife and natural habitats (Bern Convention)	Annex II: strictly protected fauna species	http://www.coe.int/t/dg4/cul.../bern/default_en.asp
	Revised Annex I of Resolution 6 (1998) of the Bern Convention listing the species requiring specific habitat conservation measures (year of revision 2011)	https://wcd.coe.int/ViewDoc....ckColorLogged=FDC864 Resolution No. 6 (1998) of the Bern Convention lists the species requiring specific habitat conservation measures [and the designation of Areas of Special Conservation Interest (ASCIs) forming for the Emerald network]

Common names and synonyms

Common Name	Language	Reference
Gelbgefleckte Wegschnecke	German	EC-DGXI.d2, ETC/NC
Kerry Slug	English	EC-DGXI.d2, ETC/NC

No synonyms available.

Other resources

Fauna Europaea search	Fauna Europaea
GBIF	Global Biodiversity Information Facility
Habitats Directive Art. 17-2006 summary
ITIS search	Interagency Taxonomic Information System
NCBI search	National Center for Biotechnology Information
Wikipedia	Wikipedia

External data

Reportnet deliveries

Files delivered through Reportnet with relevance to this species.

5 items found, displaying all items.1

Released	Coverage	Envelope	File
2013-09-18	Portugal	Relatorio nacional sobre a implementacao da Directiva Habitats 2013	PT_species_reports.xml
2013-09-13	Ireland	Habitats Directive Article 17 Report 2013	IE_species_reports-1396-14232.xml
2013-09-11	Spain	Habitats Directive: Report Art.17 2007-2012	ES_species_reports
2008-07-07	Spain	Spain's delivery of 3 July	Geomalacus maculosus
2008-01-11	Ireland	Habitats Directive Article 17 report	Geomalacus maculosus

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