Limax doriae

Limax doriae
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
Species:	L. doriae
Binomial name
Limax doriae Bourguignat 1861

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.

Etymology

Jules René Bourguignat (1829 - 1892) named this species in honor of the Marquis Giacomo Doria, an Italian naturalist, herpetologist, and politician.

Subspecies

• 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).

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Description

Limax doriae reaches a length of about 36 centimetres (14 in). ^[2]

Distribution

This species is endemic to the French Alpes-Maritimes and to a few northern Italian regions: (Piedmont, Liguria and Tuscany).^[3]

Habitat

This species prefers humid and shady areas, and is found resting under stones.

Bibliography

• 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

1. 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.
2. 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.
3. Animal Base

External links

• Clemens M. Brandstetter Gallery of Limax
• Natura Mediterraneo
• WMSDB