Limacus is a genus of air-breathing land slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Limacidae, the short-keeled slugs.[2]
| Limacus | |
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| Limacus maculatus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Limacidae |
| Genus: | Limacus Lehmann, 1864[1] |
| Type species | |
| Limacus breckworthianus Lehmann, 1864 | |
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Species
editSpecies 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
edit- ^ (in German) Lehmann R. 1864. Neue Nacktschnecken aus Australien. Malakozoologische Blätter 11: 145-149. Cassel.
- ^ 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
- ^ AnimalBase info at: Genus taxon summary for Limacus. AnimalBase, accessed 10 August 2009.