Limax cinereoniger

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Limax cinereoniger
Limax cinereoniger
Limax cinereoniger
Conservation status
NE
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.

[edit] Distribution and biotope

Distribution: whole Europe except the most northern parts

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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