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Limacus
Limacus maculatus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Stylommatophora
Family:	Limacidae
Genus:	Limacus Lehmann, 1864
Type species
Limacus breckworthianus Lehmann, 1864
Synonyms
Limax (Limacus) Lehmann, 1864 Plepticolimax Malm, 1868 Simrothia Clessin, 1884

Limacus is a genus of air-breathing land slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Limacidae, the short-keeled slugs.

Species

Species within this subgenus include:

• † Limacus crassitesta (Reuss, 1868)
• Limacus flavus (Linnaeus, 1758), the type species; synonyms = Limax flavus Linnaeus, 1758
• Limacus maculatus (Kaleniczenko, 1851); synonyms = Limax ecarinatus Boettger, 1881, Limax pseudoflavus Evans, 1978, Limax grossui Lupu, 1970

Species brought into synonymy

• Limacus breckworthianus Lehmann, 1864: synonym of Limacus flavus (Linnaeus, 1758)

References

1. (in German) Lehmann R. 1864. Neue Nacktschnecken aus Australien. Malakozoologische Blätter 11: 145-149. Cassel.
2. MolluscaBase (2019). MolluscaBase. Limacus Lehmann, 1864. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=818351 on 2019-06-01
3. AnimalBase info at: Genus taxon summary for Limacus. AnimalBase, accessed 10 August 2009.

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