Limax

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Limax is a genus of air-breathing land slugs in the terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk family Limacidae.

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Limax cinereoniger

The generic name Limax literally means "slug". Snail-eating animals, such as certain snakes, are thus called limaxivorous.

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Limax dacampi

Some species, such as the leopard slug (L. maximus), are beneficial for the garden.[citation needed]

The genus Limax sensu stricto is probably monophyletic.[2]

Distribution

This genus is native to Europe, but at least one species (L. maximus) has been introduced into North America.

Species

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The genus Limax includes at least 33 species:[3]

Subgenus Limacus (more often today treated as its own genus)

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  • 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

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  1. ^ 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).
  2. ^ Klee, B. 2006 Towards a phylogeny of Limax (Gastropoda: Stylommatophora). Script error: No such module "webarchive". The Malacologist. Molluscan Forum 2006.
  3. ^ Species in genus Limax. AnimalBase. Accessed 5 May 2009.
  4. ^ 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). Script error: No such module "webarchive". Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde A, Neue Serie. 1: 133-142.
  5. ^ 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. Script error: No such module "CS1 identifiers"..
  6. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.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.

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