Merdigera obscura (O. F. Müller, 1774)
(Lesser Bulin)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Merdigera obscura (Lesser Bulin)
Family	ENIDAE (bulins)
Order	PULMONATA (slugs and snails)
Class	GASTROPODA (slugs and snails)
Phylum	MOLLUSCA (slugs, snails, bivalves, octopus, sea slugs)
Superphylum	LOPHOTROCHOZOA (molluscs and relatives)
Clade	Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
Subkingdom	EUMETAZOA (metazoans)
Kingdom	ANIMALIA (animals)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Merdigera obscura is also a member of:
Invertebrates - Invertebrates (via Mollusca)

Records of Merdigera obscura (Lesser Bulin) :
1: Merdigera obscura (Lesser Bulin)
20 Oct 2017	OSGR: SU01	50° 50’ N, 1° 50’ W	Vice County: Dorset (VC 9)	England
in leaf-litter, at the foot of Ivy-covered Ash

2: Merdigera obscura (Lesser Bulin)
20 Jun 2006	OSGR: SU57	51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W	Vice County: Berks (VC 22)	England
Aestivating, on Ash trunk, c. 1m up. . Photos: Shell

3: Merdigera obscura (Lesser Bulin)
25 Apr 1998	OSGR: SU67	51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W	Vice County: Berks (VC 22)	England
1m up on Ash trunk

4: Merdigera obscura (Lesser Bulin)
22 Aug 1968	OSGR: TQ00	50° 50’ N, 0° 30’ W	Vice County: Surrey (VC 17)	England

Merdigera obscura (Lesser Bulin) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

PULMONATA
(slugs and snails)

GASTROPODA
(slugs and snails)

MOLLUSCA
(slugs, snails, bivalves, octopus, sea slugs)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Merdigera obscura (Lesser Bulin)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Merdigera obscura (Lesser Bulin)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Merdigera obscura is also a member of:

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