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<h2 id="distribution">Distribution</h2> <p>This genus is native to <a href="/facts/Europe/DTAtrKfh">Europe</a>, but at least one species (<i>L. maximus</i>) has been introduced into <a href="/facts/North_America/djNjCQIl">North America</a>. </p> <h2 id="species">Species</h2> <p>The genus <i>Limax</i> includes at least 33 species:<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a> </p> <ul><li><i>Limax aeolianus</i> Giusti, 1973</li> <li><i>Limax albipes</i> Dumont & Mortillet, 1853</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Limax_amaliae/3koRxy63">Limax amaliae</a></i> Bettoni, 1870</li> <li><i>Limax bielzii</i> Seibert, 1873</li> <li><i>Limax brandstetteri</i> Falkner, 2008<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a></li> <li><i>Limax camerani</i> Lessona & Pollonera, 1882</li> <li><i>Limax canapicianus</i> Pollonera, 1885</li> <li><i>Limax cephalonicus</i> Simroth, 1886</li> <li><i>Limax ciminensis</i> Pollonera, 1890</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Limax_cinereoniger/A2K0Qzqh">Limax cinereoniger</a></i> Wolf, 1803 (syn. <i>Limax alpinus</i> Férussac, 1822)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a></li> <li><i>Limax conemenosi</i> Böttger, 1882</li> <li><i>Limax corsicus</i> Moquin-Tandon, 1855</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Limax_dacampi/oEwuXNX5">Limax dacampi</a></i> Menegazzi, 1854 <ul><li><i>Limax dacampi dacampi</i> Menegazzi, 1855</li></ul></li> <li><i>Limax dobrogicus</i> Grossu & Lupu, 1960</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Limax_doriae/gCTPvayG">Limax doriae</a></i> Bourguignat, 1861</li> <li><i>Limax engadinensis</i> Heynemann, 1863</li> <li><i>Limax erythrus</i> Bourguignat, 1864</li> <li><i>Limax gerhardti</i> Niethammer, 1937</li> <li><i>Limax giovannellae</i> Falkner & Niederhöfer, 2008</li> <li><i>Limax giustii</i> Falkner & Nitz, 2010</li> <li><i>Limax graciadeii</i> Gerhardt, 1940</li> <li><i>Limax graecus</i> Simroth, 1889</li> <li><i>Limax granosus</i> Bérenguier, 1900</li> <li><i>Limax hemmeni</i> Rähle, 1983</li> <li><i>Limax ianninii</i> Giusti, 1973</li> <li><i>Limax ilvensis</i> Falkner & Nitz, 2010</li> <li><i>Limax lachensis</i> Bérenguier, 1900</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Limax_luctuosus/B8A5hgWN">Limax luctuosus</a></i> Moquin-Tandon, 1855</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Limax_maximus/7d5lcsjo">Limax maximus</a></i> <a href="/facts/Carl_Linnaeus/gy5HWkHS">Linnaeus</a>, <a href="/facts/10th_edition_of_Systema_Naturae/8H6KJrLJ">1758</a> - great grey slug</li> <li><i>Limax millipunctatus</i> Pini, 1885</li> <li><i>Limax monolineatus</i> Bettoni, 1870</li> <li><i>Limax monregalensis</i> Lessona & Pollonera, 1882</li> <li><i>Limax pironae</i> Pini, 1876</li> <li><i>Limax polipunctatus</i> Pollonera, 1888</li> <li><i>Limax punctulatus</i> Sordelli, 1871</li> <li><i>Limax redii</i> Gerhardt, 1933</li> <li><i>Limax samensis</i> Heim & Nitz, 2009<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a></li> <li><i>Limax squamosus</i> Bérenguier, 1900</li> <li><i>Limax strobeli</i> Pini, 1876</li> <li><i>Limax subalpinus</i> Lessona, 1880</li> <li><i>Limax tschapecki</i> Simroth, 1886</li> <li><i>Limax veronensis</i> Lessona & Pollonera, 1882</li> <li><i>Limax vizzavonensis</i> Falkner & Nitz, 2010</li> <li><i>Limax wohlberedti</i> Simroth, 1900</li> <li><i>Limax wolterstorffi</i> Simroth, 1900</li> <li><i>Limax zilchi</i> Grossu & Lupu, 1960</li></ul> <h3>Subgenus <i>Limacus</i> (more often today treated as its own genus)</h3> <p class="note">Main article: <a href="/facts/Limacus/cNcjF5Qt">Limacus</a></p> <ul><li><i>Limax ecarinatus</i> Boettger, 1881: synonym of <i><a href="/facts/Limacus_maculatus/JgzIwVRM">Limacus maculatus</a></i> (Kaleniczenko, 1851)</li> <li><i>Limax flavus</i> Linnaeus, 1758 yellow garden slug, tawny garden slug: synonym of <i><a href="/facts/Limacus_flavus/1AA3RhWm">Limacus flavus</a></i> (Linnaeus, 1758)</li></ul> <h2 id="synonyms">Synonyms</h2> <ul><li><i>Limax marginatus</i> Müller, 1774 is a synonym for <i><a href="/facts/Lehmannia_marginata/aRGN7YMA">Lehmannia marginata</a></i> (Müller, 1774)</li> <li><i>Limax valentianus</i> Férussac, 1822 is a synonym for <i><a href="/facts/Ambigolimax_valentianus/Tq51cIMH">Ambigolimax valentianus</a></i> (Férussac, 1822)</li> <li><i>Limax nyctelius</i> Bourguignat, 1861 is now placed in the genus <i><a href="/facts/Letourneuxia/6lIbjyAp">Letourneuxia</a></i> but the name has been used for <i><a href="/facts/Lehmannia_carpatica/K6x8p2Ay">Lehmannia carpatica</a></i> (Bourguignat, 1861) and <i><a href="/facts/Ambigolimax_waterstoni/DwjT5mgK">Ambigolimax waterstoni</a></i> Hutchinson, Reise & Schlitt, 2022<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Klee, B. 2006 Towards a phylogeny of Limax (Gastropoda: Stylommatophora). Archived 2008-11-21 at the Wayback Machine The Malacologist. Molluscan Forum 2006. <a href="http://www.malacsoc.org.uk/The_Malacologist/BULL48/forum48.htm#phyl" target="_blank">http://www.malacsoc.org.uk/The_Malacologist/BULL48/forum48.htm#phyl</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>Species in genus Limax. AnimalBase. Accessed 5 May 2009. <a href="http://www.animalbase.uni-goettingen.de/zooweb/servlet/AnimalBase/list/species?taxongenus=164" target="_blank">http://www.animalbase.uni-goettingen.de/zooweb/servlet/AnimalBase/list/species?taxongenus=164</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>Falkner, G. (2008). Limax (Limax) brandstetteri n. sp. – ein neuer Hochgebirgsschnegel aus den Abruzzen (Gastropoda: Limacidae). Limax (Limax) brandstetteri n. sp. – a new high mountain slug from the Abruzzi Mountains (Gastropoda: Limacidae). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde A, Neue Serie. 1: 133-142. <a href="http://www-alt.naturkundemuseum-bw.de/stuttgart/pdf/a_pdf/NS01-05.pdf" target="_blank">http://www-alt.naturkundemuseum-bw.de/stuttgart/pdf/a_pdf/NS01-05.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>Nitz, B., et al. (2009). Towards a new standard in slug species descriptions: the case of Limax sarnensis Heim & Nitz n. sp. (Pulmonata: Limacidae) from the Western Central Alps. Journal of Molluscan Studies 75(3): 279-294. doi:10.1093/mollus/eyp030. <a href="/wiki/Journal_of_Molluscan_Studies" target="_blank">/wiki/Journal_of_Molluscan_Studies</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>Nitz, B., et al. (2009). Towards a new standard in slug species descriptions: the case of Limax sarnensis Heim & Nitz n. sp. (Pulmonata: Limacidae) from the Western Central Alps. Journal of Molluscan Studies 75(3): 279-294. doi:10.1093/mollus/eyp030. <a href="/wiki/Journal_of_Molluscan_Studies" target="_blank">/wiki/Journal_of_Molluscan_Studies</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>Hutchinson, John M.C.; Reise, Heike; Schlitt, Bettina (30 June 2022). "Will the real Limax nyctelius please step forward: Lehmannia, Ambigolimax, or Malacolimax? No, Letourneuxia!". Archiv für Molluskenkunde. 151 (1): 19–41. doi:10.1127/arch.moll/151/019-041. S2CID 250188836. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" target="_blank">/wiki/Doi_(identifier)</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>