... Distribution: This is a widespread European species recorded from Great Britain, Ireland, the Netherlands, France, Germany, the former Yugoslavia, Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Italy, Poland, the western former Soviet Union and Caucasus, Romania, Bulgaria, Greece and Syria. In Turkey, it is the most widespread slug; previous records are from ‹stanbul (Üsküdar), ‹zmir, Bolu, Ankara (Hacılar), Zonguldak, Sinop, Mu¤la, Burdur, Isparta (E¤irdir), Antalya, Adana, Kayseri, Zonguldak, Samsun, Trabzon (Derbent), Erzurum (Oltu), Diyarbakır, Mardin, Siirt and Bitlis (Wiktor, 1971Wiktor, , 2000 Schütt, 2001). Habitat: Near human settlements: in cellars, woods, gardens, parks, and vineyards. ...