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Genus of land slug
Limax
Limax maximus
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
Subclass:
Heterobranchia
Order:
Stylommatophora
Family:
Limacidae
Subfamily:
Limacinae
Genus:
Limax
Linnaeus ,
1758
[1]
Species
at least 33, see text
Synonyms
Chromolimax Pini, 1877
Eulimax Moquin-Tandon, 1855
Gestroa Pini, 1877
Heynemannia Malm, 1868
Limacella Brard, 1815
Limax (Brachylimax) Falkner & Niederhöfer, 2008· accepted, alternate representation
Limax (Eulimax) Moquin-Tandon, 1855
† Limax (Heinemannia) Malm, 1868 (junior objective synonym; incorrect subsequent spelling)
Limax (Heynemannia) Malm, 1868 (junior objective synonym)
Limax (Limax) Linnaeus, 1758 · accepted, alternate representation
Macroheynemannia Simroth, 1888
Opilolimax Pini, 1877
Prolimax Simroth, 1906
Stabilea Pini, 1877
Limax is a
genus of air-breathing land
slugs in the
terrestrial
pulmonate
gastropod
mollusk family
Limacidae .
Limax cinereoniger
The generic name Limax literally means "slug".
Limax dacampi
Some species, such as the
leopard slug (L. maximus ) and the
tawny garden slug (Limacus flavus ), are considered garden pests.
[2]
The genus Limax
sensu stricto is probably
monophyletic .
[3]
Distribution
This genus is native to
Europe , but at least one species (L. maximus ) has been introduced into
North America .
Species
The genus Limax includes at least 33 species:
[4]
Limax aeolianus Giusti, 1973
Limax albipes Dumont & Mortillet, 1853
Limax amaliae Bettoni, 1870
Limax bielzii Seibert, 1873
Limax brandstetteri Falkner, 2008
[5]
Limax camerani Lessona & Pollonera, 1882
Limax canapicianus Pollonera, 1885
Limax cephalonicus Simroth, 1886
Limax ciminensis Pollonera, 1890
Limax cinereoniger Wolf, 1803 (syn. Limax alpinus Férussac, 1822)
[6]
Limax conemenosi Böttger, 1882
Limax corsicus Moquin-Tandon, 1855
Limax dacampi Menegazzi, 1854
Limax dacampi dacampi Menegazzi, 1855
Limax dobrogicus Grossu & Lupu, 1960
Limax doriae Bourguignat, 1861
Limax engadinensis Heynemann, 1863
Limax erythrus Bourguignat, 1864
Limax gerhardti Niethammer, 1937
Limax giovannellae Falkner & Niederhöfer, 2008
Limax giustii Falkner & Nitz, 2010
Limax graciadeii Gerhardt, 1940
Limax graecus Simroth, 1889
Limax granosus Bérenguier, 1900
Limax hemmeni Rähle, 1983
Limax ianninii Giusti, 1973
Limax ilvensis Falkner & Nitz, 2010
Limax lachensis Bérenguier, 1900
Limax luctuosus Moquin-Tandon, 1855
Limax maximus
Linnaeus ,
1758 - great grey slug
Limax millipunctatus Pini, 1885
Limax monolineatus Bettoni, 1870
Limax monregalensis Lessona & Pollonera, 1882
Limax pironae Pini, 1876
Limax polipunctatus Pollonera, 1888
Limax punctulatus Sordelli, 1871
Limax redii Gerhardt, 1933
Limax samensis Heim & Nitz, 2009
[6]
Limax squamosus Bérenguier, 1900
Limax strobeli Pini, 1876
Limax subalpinus Lessona, 1880
Limax tschapecki Simroth, 1886
Limax veronensis Lessona & Pollonera, 1882
Limax vizzavonensis Falkner & Nitz, 2010
Limax wohlberedti Simroth, 1900
Limax wolterstorffi Simroth, 1900
Limax zilchi Grossu & Lupu, 1960
Subgenus Limacus (more often today treated as its own genus)
Limax ecarinatus Boettger, 1881 : synonym of
Limacus maculatus (Kaleniczenko, 1851)
Limax flavus Linnaeus, 1758 yellow garden slug, tawny garden slug: synonym of
Limacus flavus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
References
^ Linnaeus C. 1758.
Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis . Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. pp. [1-4], 1-824. Holmiae. (Salvius).
^ Ebeling. W.
Chapter 12: Miscellaneous Pests.
Archived 2013-06-06 at the
Wayback Machine Urban Entomology . Department of Entomology. UC Riverside. 2002.
^ Klee, B. 2006
Towards a phylogeny of Limax (Gastropoda: Stylommatophora).
Archived 2008-11-21 at the
Wayback Machine The Malacologist. Molluscan Forum 2006.
^
Species in genus Limax . AnimalBase. Accessed 5 May 2009.
^ Falkner, G. (2008).
Limax (Limax) brandstetteri n. sp. – ein neuer Hochgebirgsschnegel aus den Abruzzen (Gastropoda: Limacidae). Limax (Limax) brandstetteri n. sp. – a new high mountain slug from the Abruzzi Mountains (Gastropoda: Limacidae).
Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde A , Neue Serie. 1 : 133-142.
^
a
b Nitz, B., et al. (2009). Towards a new standard in slug species descriptions: the case of Limax sarnensis Heim & Nitz n. sp. (Pulmonata: Limacidae) from the Western Central Alps.
Journal of Molluscan Studies 75 (3): 279-294.
doi :
10.1093/mollus/eyp030 .
^ Hutchinson, John M.C.; Reise, Heike; Schlitt, Bettina (30 June 2022). "Will the real Limax nyctelius please step forward: Lehmannia , Ambigolimax , or Malacolimax ? No, Letourneuxia !". Archiv für Molluskenkunde . 151 (1): 19–41.
doi :
10.1127/arch.moll/151/019-041 .
S2CID
250188836 .