Limax

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Limax
Limax maximus
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
Linnaeus, 1758[1]
Species

at least 33, see text

Limax is a genus of air-breathing land slugs in the terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk family Limacidae.

The generic name Limax literally means "slug".

Some species, such as the leopard slug (L. maximus) and the tawny garden slug (L. flavus), are considered serious garden pests.[2]

The genus Limax sensu stricto is probably monophyletic.[3]

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:[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 (syn. 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

Subgenus Limacus

Synonyms

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. Ebeling. W. Chapter 12: Miscellaneous Pests. Urban Entomology. Department of Entomology. UC Riverside. 2002.
  3. Klee, B. 2006 Towards a phylogeny of Limax (Gastropoda: Stylommatophora). The Malacologist. Molluscan Forum 2006.
  4. Species in genus Limax. AnimalBase. Accessed 5 May 2009.
  5. 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.
  6. 6.0 6.1 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.


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