Limax
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| Limax maximus | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata clade Eupulmonata clade Stylommatophora informal group Sigmurethra clade limacoid clade |
| Superfamily: | Limacoidea |
| Family: | Limacidae |
| Subfamily: | Limacinae |
| Genus: | Limax Linnaeus, 1758[1] |
Limax is a genus of air-breathing land slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Limacidae.
The generic name Limax literally means "slug".
Some species within this genus are considered to be pests when they inhabit gardens[2], as they can damage plants by feeding on the tender foliage.
The genus Limax sensu stricto is probably monophyletic.[3]
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[edit] Distribution
This genus is native to Europe, but at least one species (L. maximus) has been introduced into North America.
[edit] Species
The genus Limax includes at least 33 species:[4]
- Limax aeolianus Giusti, 1973
- Limax albipes Dumont & Mortillet, 1853
- Limax bielzii Seibert, 1873
- Limax brandstetteri Falkner, 2008[5]
- Limax canapicianus Pollonera, 1885
- Limax cephalonicus Simroth, 1886
- Limax ciminensis Pollonera, 1890
- Limax cinereoniger Wolf, 1803 - synonym: Limax alpinus Férussac, 1822[6]
- Limax conemenosi Böttger, 1882
- Limax corsicus Moquin-Tandon, 1855
- Limax dacampi Menegazzi, 1854
- Limax dobrogicus Grossu & Lupu, 1960
- Limax erythrus Bourguignat, 1864
- Limax gerhardti Niethammer, 1937
- Limax graecus Simroth, 1889
- Limax granosus Bérenguier, 1900
- Limax hemmeni Rähle, 1983
- Limax ianninii Giusti, 1973
- Limax lachensis Bérenguier, 1900
- Limax maximus Linnaeus, 1758 - Great Grey Slug
- Limax millipunctatus Pini, 1885
- Limax pironae Pini, 1876
- Limax polipunctatus Pollonera, 1888
- Limax punctulatus Sordelli, 1871
- Limax redii Gerhardt, 1933
- Limax sarnensis Heim & Nitz, 2009[6]
- Limax squamosus Bérenguier, 1900
- Limax subalpinus Lessona, 1880
- Limax veronensis Lessona & Pollonera, 1882
- Limax wohlberedti Simroth, 1900
- Limax zilchi Grossu & Lupu, 1960
[edit] Subgenus Limacus
Main article: Limacus
- Limax ecarinatus Boettger, 1881
- Limax flavus Linnaeus, 1758 Yellow Garden Slug
[edit] Synonyms
- Limax marginatus Müller, 1774 is a synonym for Lehmannia marginata (Müller, 1774)
- Limax nyctelius Bourguignat, 1861 is a synonym for Lehmannia nyctelia (Bourguignat, 1861)
- Limax valentianus Férussac, 1822 is a synonym for Lehmannia valentiana (Férussac, 1822)
[edit] 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).
- ^ The Wildlife Trusts; retrieved March 26, 2005.
- ^ Klee B. 2006 Towards a phylogeny of Limax (Gastropoda: Stylommatophora). 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. PDF."
- ^ a b Nitz B., Heim R., Schneppat U. E., Hyman I. & Haszprunar G. (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.
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