Limacus

Limacus
Limax flavus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group Sigmurethra
clade limacoid clade
Superfamily: Limacoidea
Family: Limacidae
Subfamily: Limacinae
Genus: Limax
Subgenus: Limacus
Lehmann, 1864[1]

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

Limacus is considered as a subgenus of the genus Limax.[2]

Species

Species within this subgenus include:

References

  1. (German) Lehmann R. 1864. Neue Nacktschnecken aus Australien. Malakozoologische Blätter 11: 145-149. Cassel.
  2. 1 2 AnimalBase info at: Genus taxon summary for Limacus. AnimalBase, accessed 10 August 2009.


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