Limacus

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Limacus

Genus of molluscs

Limacus is a genus of air-breathing land slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Limacidae, the short-keeled slugs. [2]

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Species

Species within this subgenus include:

  • † Limacus crassitesta (Reuss, 1868)
  • Limacus flavus (Linnaeus, 1758), the type species;[3] synonyms = Limax flavus Linnaeus, 1758
  • Limacus maculatus (Kaleniczenko, 1851); synonyms = Limax ecarinatus Boettger, 1881, Limax pseudoflavus Evans, 1978, Limax grossui Lupu, 1970
Species brought into synonymy
  • Limacus breckworthianus Lehmann, 1864: synonym of Limacus flavus (Linnaeus, 1758)

References

  1. [1]
    (in German) Lehmann R. 1864. Neue Nacktschnecken aus Australien. Malakozoologische Blätter 11: 145-149. Cassel.
  2. [2]
    MolluscaBase (2019). MolluscaBase. Limacus Lehmann, 1864. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=818351 on 2019-06-01
  3. [3]
    AnimalBase info at: Genus taxon summary for Limacus. AnimalBase, accessed 10 August 2009.


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