Genus of land slug
Limax
Limax maximus
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
Subclass:
Heterobranchia
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 representationLimax (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 representationMacroheynemannia Simroth, 1888 Opilolimax Pini, 1877 Prolimax Simroth, 1906 Stabilea Pini, 1877
Limax 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 garden pests.[2]
The genus Limax sensu stricto 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]
Limax aeolianus Giusti, 1973 Limax albipes Dumont & Mortillet, 1853 Limax amaliae Bettoni, 1870 Limax bielzii Seibert, 1873 Limax brandstetteri Falkner, 2008 [5] Limax camerani Lessona & Pollonera, 1882 Limax canapicianus Pollonera, 1885 Limax cephalonicus Simroth, 1886 Limax ciminensis Pollonera, 1890 Limax cinereoniger Wolf, 1803 (syn. Limax alpinus Férussac, 1822)[6] Limax conemenosi Böttger, 1882 Limax corsicus Moquin-Tandon, 1855 Limax dacampi Menegazzi, 1854
Limax dacampi dacampi Menegazzi, 1855 Limax dobrogicus Grossu & Lupu, 1960 Limax doriae Bourguignat, 1861 Limax engadinensis Heynemann, 1863 Limax erythrus Bourguignat, 1864 Limax gerhardti Niethammer, 1937 Limax giovannellae Falkner & Niederhöfer, 2008 Limax giustii Falkner & Nitz, 2010 Limax graciadeii Gerhardt, 1940 Limax graecus Simroth, 1889 Limax granosus Bérenguier, 1900 Limax hemmeni Rähle, 1983 Limax ianninii Giusti, 1973 Limax ilvensis Falkner & Nitz, 2010 Limax lachensis Bérenguier, 1900 Limax luctuosus Moquin-Tandon, 1855 Limax maximus Linnaeus , 1758 Limax millipunctatus Pini, 1885 Limax monolineatus Bettoni, 1870 Limax monregalensis Lessona & Pollonera, 1882 Limax pironae Pini, 1876 Limax polipunctatus Pollonera, 1888 Limax punctulatus Sordelli, 1871 Limax redii Gerhardt, 1933 Limax samensis Heim & Nitz, 2009 [6] Limax squamosus Bérenguier, 1900 Limax strobeli Pini, 1876 Limax subalpinus Lessona, 1880 Limax tschapecki Simroth, 1886 Limax veronensis Lessona & Pollonera, 1882Limax vizzavonensis Falkner & Nitz, 2010 Limax wohlberedti Simroth, 1900 Limax wolterstorffi Simroth, 1900 Limax zilchi Grossu & Lupu, 1960
Subgenus Limacus (more often today treated as its own genus)
Limax ecarinatus Boettger, 1881 : synonym of Limacus maculatus (Kaleniczenko, 1851) Limax flavus Linnaeus, 1758 yellow garden slug, tawny garden slug: synonym of Limacus flavus (Linnaeus, 1758) 
