Limax

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Limax
Limax maximus MHNT.jpg
Limax maximus
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Superorder: Eupulmonata
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Limacidae
Subfamily: Limacinae
Genus: Limax
Linnaeus, 1758[1]
Species

at least 33, see text

Synonyms
  • Chromolimax Pini, 1877
  • Eulimax Moquin-Tandon, 1855
  • Gestroa Pini, 1877
  • Heynemannia Malm, 1868
  • Limacella Brard, 1815
  • Limax (Brachylimax) Falkner & Niederhöfer, 2008· accepted, alternate representation
  • Limax (Eulimax) Moquin-Tandon, 1855
  • † Limax (Heinemannia) Malm, 1868 (junior objective synonym; incorrect subsequent spelling)
  • Limax (Heynemannia) Malm, 1868 (junior objective synonym)
  • Limax (Limax) Linnaeus, 1758· accepted, alternate representation
  • Macroheynemannia Simroth, 1888
  • Opilolimax Pini, 1877
  • Prolimax Simroth, 1906
  • Stabilea Pini, 1877

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

Limax cinereoniger

The generic name Limax literally means "slug".

Limax dacampi

Some species, such as the leopard slug (L. maximus) and the tawny garden slug (Limacus 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]

  • Giusti, 1973
  • Dumont & Mortillet, 1853
  • Limax amaliae Bettoni, 1870
  • Seibert, 1873
  • Falkner, 2008[5]
  • Lessona & Pollonera, 1882
  • Pollonera, 1885
  • Simroth, 1886
  • Pollonera, 1890
  • Limax cinereoniger Wolf, 1803 (syn. Limax alpinus Férussac, 1822)[6]
  • Böttger, 1882
  • Moquin-Tandon, 1855
  • Limax dacampi Menegazzi, 1854
    • Limax dacampi dacampi Menegazzi, 1855
  • Grossu & Lupu, 1960
  • Limax doriae Bourguignat, 1861
  • Heynemann, 1863
  • Bourguignat, 1864
  • Niethammer, 1937
  • Falkner & Niederhöfer, 2008
  • Falkner & Nitz, 2010
  • Gerhardt, 1940
  • Simroth, 1889
  • Bérenguier, 1900
  • Rähle, 1983
  • Giusti, 1973
  • Falkner & Nitz, 2010
  • Bérenguier, 1900
  • Limax luctuosus Moquin-Tandon, 1855
  • Limax maximus Linnaeus, 1758 - great grey slug
  • Pini, 1885
  • Bettoni, 1870
  • Lessona & Pollonera, 1882
  • Pini, 1876
  • Pollonera, 1888
  • Sordelli, 1871
  • Gerhardt, 1933
  • Heim & Nitz, 2009[6]
  • Bérenguier, 1900
  • Pini, 1876
  • Lessona, 1880
  • Simroth, 1886
  • Lessona & Pollonera, 1882
  • Falkner & Nitz, 2010
  • Simroth, 1900
  • Simroth, 1900
  • Grossu & Lupu, 1960

Subgenus Limacus[]

Main article: Limacus

Synonyms[]

  • Limax marginatus Müller, 1774 is a synonym for Lehmannia marginata (Müller, 1774)
  • Limax nyctelius Bourguignat, 1861 is a synonym for Lehmannia nyctelia (Bourguignat, 1861)
  • Limax valentianus Férussac, 1822 is a synonym for Lehmannia valentiana (Férussac, 1822)

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. Archived 2013-06-06 at the Wayback Machine Urban Entomology. Department of Entomology. UC Riverside. 2002.
  3. ^ Klee, B. 2006 Towards a phylogeny of Limax (Gastropoda: Stylommatophora). Archived 2008-11-21 at the Wayback Machine 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). , Neue Serie. 1: 133-142.
  6. ^ Jump up to: a b 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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