ABSTRACT Previous allozyme analyses of the hermaphroditic terrestrial slugs _Arion fasciatus, A. circumscriptus_ and _A. silvaticus_ (subgenus _Carinarion_) have suggested that in North

America these species are each single monomorphic strains. However, new data on 18 putative enzyme loci show that in western Europe the three taxa, respectively, consist of at least three,

two and 12 homozygous multilocus genotypes (strains), which regularly co-occur. The current opinion that American and European _Carinarion_ populations are similarly structured, and that

colonization events did not affect the population genetics of North American _Carinarion_, should therefore be readdressed. The present data also provide the first indication of

Finally, the systematic status of the three _Carinarion_ spp. is tentatively questioned. SIMILAR CONTENT BEING VIEWED BY OTHERS INVESTIGATION OF GENETIC DIVERSITY AND POLYANDRY OF

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