Limax ecarinatus
| Limax ecarinatus | |
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| Plate accompanying the original description by Boettger, 1881 | |
| 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 |
| Species: | L. ecarinatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Limax ecarinatus Boettger, 1881 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Krynickillus maculatus Kaleniczenko, 1851 | |
Limax ecarinatus (also known as Limacus maculatus when the subgenus Limacus is elevated to the generic level), is a large species of air-breathing land slug, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Limacidae, the keelback slugs.
This species is synanthropic. It is most likely to be confused with Limax flavus, which it somewhat resembles.
Distribution
This species occurs in: Romania, Bulgaria, Turkey and western Russia. It has spread to
- Great Britain, for example in Worcestershire, England.[1]
- Ireland
- Ukraine[2]
- and other areas
See also
Limax maculatus Nunneley, 1837, which is a synonym for Limax maximus.
References
- ↑ Whitehead P.F. 2007. Limax maculatus (Kaleniczenko, 1851) (Mollusca, Limacidae) New to Worcestershire. Last change: 8 October 2007.
- ↑ Balashov I. & Gural-Sverlova N. 2012. An annotated checklist of the terrestrial molluscs of Ukraine. Journal of Conchology. 41 (1): 91-109.
External links
- Limax ecarinatus at Animalbase taxonomy,short description, distribution, biology,status (threats), images
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