Limax

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Genus of land slug

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::summary Genus of land slug ::

| image = Limax maximus MHNT.jpg | image_caption = Limax maximus | taxon = Limax | authority = Linnaeus, 1758 |subdivision_ranks = Species |subdivision = at least 33, see text | synonyms = {{collapsible list|

  • 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. ::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/16/Limax_cinereoniger.jpg" caption="''[[Limax cinereoniger]]''"] ::

The generic name Limax literally means "slug". Snail-eating animals, such as certain snakes) are thus called limaxivorous. ::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/22/Limacidae_-_Limax_cf._dacampi.JPG" caption="''[[Limax dacampi]]''"] ::

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

The genus Limax sensu stricto is probably monophyletic.

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:

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

Main article: Limacus

  • 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

References

  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 [http://www.malacsoc.org.uk/The_Malacologist/BULL48/forum48.htm#phyl Towards a phylogeny of ''Limax'' (Gastropoda: Stylommatophora)]. {{webarchive. link. (2008-11-21 ''The Malacologist''. Molluscan Forum 2006.)
  3. [http://www.animalbase.uni-goettingen.de/zooweb/servlet/AnimalBase/list/species?taxongenus=164 Species in genus ''Limax'']. AnimalBase. Accessed 5 May 2009.
  4. Falkner, G. (2008). [http://www-alt.naturkundemuseum-bw.de/stuttgart/pdf/a_pdf/NS01-05.pdf ''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).] {{Webarchive. link. (2012-03-16 ''[[Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde A]]'', Neue Serie. '''1''': 133-142.)
  5. 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.
  6. (30 June 2022). "Will the real ''Limax nyctelius'' please step forward: ''Lehmannia'', ''Ambigolimax'', or ''Malacolimax''? No, ''Letourneuxia''!". Archiv für Molluskenkunde.

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