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Limacus

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Limacus
Limacus maculatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Limacidae
Genus: Limacus
Lehmann, 1864[1]
Type species
Limacus breckworthianus Lehmann, 1864
Synonyms
  • Limax (Limacus) Lehmann, 1864
  • Plepticolimax Malm, 1868
  • Simrothia Clessin, 1884

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

Species

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Species within this subgenus include:

Species brought into synonymy
  • Limacus breckworthianus Lehmann, 1864: synonym of Limacus flavus (Linnaeus, 1758)

References

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  1. ^ (in German) Lehmann R. 1864. Neue Nacktschnecken aus Australien. Malakozoologische Blätter 11: 145-149. Cassel.
  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. ^ AnimalBase info at: Genus taxon summary for Limacus. AnimalBase, accessed 10 August 2009.