Limacus
| Limacus | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Limax flavus | |
| 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 |
| Subgenus: | Limacus Lehmann, 1864[1] |
Limacus is a subgenus of air-breathing land slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Limacidae, the keelback slugs.
Limacus is considered as a subgenus of the genus Limax.[2]
Species
Species within this subgenus include:
- Limax flavus - synonym Limacus flavus (Linnaeus, 1758) synonym: Limax breckworthianus (Lehmann, 1864) - the type species[2]
- Limax ecarinatus - synonym: Limacus maculatus. If the subgenus Limacus is elevated to the generic level, then the name Limacus maculatus is valid.
- and others
References
- ↑ (German) Lehmann R. 1864. Neue Nacktschnecken aus Australien. Malakozoologische Blätter 11: 145-149. Cassel.
- 1 2 AnimalBase info at: Genus taxon summary for Limacus. AnimalBase, accessed 10 August 2009.
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