Limax cinereoniger

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Limax cinereoniger
Limax cinereoniger
Limax cinereoniger
Conservation status
Not evaluated
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Pulmonata
Family: Limacidae
Genus: Limax
Species: L. cinereoniger
Binomial name
Limax cinereoniger
Wolf, 1803

Limax cinereoniger is species of slug from family Limacidae.

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[edit] Description

foot of Limax cinereoniger
foot of Limax cinereoniger

It can grow up 30 cm rarely and is considered to be the largest land slug in the world. (Marine sea hares are bigger.)

[edit] Distribution and biotope

Distribution: whole Europe except the most northern parts

  • Not listed in IUCN red list - not evaluated (NE) [1]
  • The Czech Republic - least concern (LC) [2]
  • Italy
  • Netherelands [3]
  • Slovakia
  • ...

Biotope: woods, rarely in parks.

[edit] References

  1. ^ 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Cited 10 February 2007.
  2. ^ Juřičková L., Horsák M. & Beran L., 2001: Check-list of the molluscs (Mollusca) of the Czech Republic. Acta Soc. Zool. Bohem., 65: 25-40.
  3. ^ http://www.anemoon.org/anm/voorlopige-kaarten/landmollusken/wetenschappelijk/limax-cinereoniger
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