Limax cinereoniger
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| Limax cinereoniger | |
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| Limax cinereoniger | |
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| Limax cinereoniger | |
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NE
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| Scientific classification | |
| 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 |
| Species: | L. cinereoniger |
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| Limax cinereoniger Wolf, 1803 |
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Limax alpinus Férussac, 1822 |
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Limax cinereoniger is a species of air-breathing land slug, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Limacidae, the keelback slugs.
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[edit] Description
This slug can grow up to 30 cm long. This makes it the largest slug in the world.
[edit] Habitat
This species is found in Europe, in woodland, and occasionally parks.
[edit] Distribution
This species is found throughout Europe, except the northernmost parts.
- Not listed in IUCN red list - not evaluated (NE)[2]
- Bulgaria
- Czech Republic - least concern (LC)[3]
- Italy
- Netherlands[4]
- Slovakia
- Great Britain
- Ireland
- and other areas
[edit] Ecology
Parasites of Limax cinereoniger include:
- Elaphostrongylus spp.[5]
[edit] References
- ^ 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.
- ^ 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Cited 10 February 2007.
- ^ Juřičková L., Horsák M. & Beran L., 2001: Check-list of the molluscs (Mollusca) of the Czech Republic. Acta Soc. Zool. Bohem., 65: 25-40.
- ^ http://www.anemoon.org/anm/etymologie/cardium/limax
- ^ Olsson I.-M., Stéen M. & Mann H. (1993). "Gastropod hosts of Elaphostrongylus spp. (Protostrongylidae, Nematoda)". Rangifer 13(1): 53-55. PDF.
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