What happens if you eat a garden arion?

Eating raw or undercooked slugs can lead to infection by a parasitic nematode called Angiostrongylus cantonensis, or rat lungworm.

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Species of Arion slugs

Black arion Brown-banded arion Dusky arion Spanish slug Red slug Hedgehog slug Garden arion Orange-banded arion Darkface arion

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Scientific Classification

Phylum

Molluscs

Class

Snails and slugs

Order

Common land snails and slugs

Family

Roundback slugs

Genus

Arion slugs

Species

Garden arion (Arion hortensis)

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