Limax doriae, common name Doria's slug, is a species of air-breathing land slug, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Limacidae, the keelback slugs.
| Doria's slug | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Limacidae |
| Genus: | Limax |
| Species: | L. doriae
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| Binomial name | |
| Limax doriae Bourguignat 1861
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Etymology
editJules René Bourguignat (1829 - 1892) named this species in honor of the Marquis Giacomo Doria, an Italian naturalist, herpetologist, and politician.
Subspecies
edit- Limax doriae simplex Lessona & Pollonera 1882 (Piemonte, Liguria, Toscana);
- Limax doriae lineatus Lessona & Pollonera 1882 (Piemonte, Liguria, Toscana);
- Limax doriae rubronotatus Lessona & Pollonera 1882 (Piemonte, Liguria, Toscana);
- Limax doriae fuscus Lessona & Pollonera 1882 (Piemonte, Liguria);
- Limax doriae brunneus Lessona & Pollonera 1882 (Piemonte, Liguria);
- Limax doriae lineatus Lessona & Pollonera 1882 (Piemonte, Liguria);
- Limax doriae sanguineus Lessona & Pollonera 1882 (Piemonte, Liguria).
Description
editLimax doriae reaches a length of about 36 centimetres (14 in).[2]
Distribution
editThis species is endemic to the French Alpes-Maritimes and to a few northern Italian regions: (Piedmont, Liguria and Tuscany).[3]
Habitat
editThis species prefers humid and shady areas, and is found resting under stones.
Bibliography
edit- Sordelli, F. 1871. Anatomia del Limax Doriae, Bourg., nei suoi rapporti con altre specie congeneri. - Atti della Società Italiana di Scienze Naturali 13 (3) 1870 : 242-253, Tav. 3. Milano.
- Lessona, Mario & Carlo Pollonera 1882: Monografia dei limacidi italiani. S.1-82, Taf.1-3. Turin, Loescher.
- Welter-Schultes, F. (2012): European non-marine molluscs, a guide for species identification. 760 pp.
References
edit- ^ Alzona, C. 1971: Malacofauna Italica. Catalogo e bibliografia dei molluschi viventi,terrestri e d'acqua dolce. - Atti Soc. ital. Sci. nat., Mus. Civ. St. Nat., Milano, 111: 1-433.: Piemonte, Liguria, Toscana.
- ^ Bourguignat, J. R. 1861. - Note sur divers limaciens nouveaux ou peu connus. - Revue et Magasin de Zoologie pure et appliquée (2) 13: 256, Pl. 8, 16. Paris.
- ^ Animal Base
External links
edit- Clemens M. Brandstetter Gallery of Limax
- Natura Mediterraneo
- WMSDB