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Limacus

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Superfamily
  
Limacoidea

Subfamily
  
Limacinae

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Rank
  
Genus

Class
  
Gastropoda

Family
  
Limacidae

Subgenus
  
Limacus Lehmann, 1864

Genus
  
Limax

Limacus

Similar
  
Limax flavus, Limax, Lehmannia, Ambigolimax valentianus, Limacidae

Limacus flavus linnaeus 1758


Limacus is a subgenus of air-breathing land slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Limacidae, the keelback slugs.

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Limacus is considered as a subgenus of the genus Limax.

Babosas mol sco gaster podo limacus flavus


Species

Species within this subgenus include:

  • Limax flavus - synonym Limacus flavus (Linnaeus, 1758) synonym: Limax breckworthianus (Lehmann, 1864) - the type species
  • Limax ecarinatus - synonym: Limacus maculatus. If the subgenus Limacus is elevated to the generic level, then the name Limacus maculatus is valid.
  • and others

    • References

    Limacus Wikipedia
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