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Limax

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Description

Limax is a genus of air-breathing land slugs in the terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk family Limacidae.

From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limax, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	2295435	https://www.gbif.org/species/2295435
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	114486	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=114486

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Stylommatophora : Limacidae : Limax

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Limacidae : Limax

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca	Linnaeus 1758
class	Gastropoda	Cuvier 1797
subclass	Pulmonata	Cuvier 1817
-	Eupulmonata
-	Stylommatophora
-	Sigmurethra	Pilsbry 1900
superfamily	Limacoidea	Lamarck 1801
family	Limacidae	Lamarck 1801
genus	Limax	Linnæus 1758

Scientific Name

Limax Linnaeus, 1758

Name Published In

Linnæus, Carolus. 1758. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae. Vol. Tomus I, Editio decima, reformata: i-ii, 1-824.

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Limax	genus	belongs to Limacidae	stated with evidence	Harzhauser and Kowalke, 2002

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

1 (50%)

First Recorded Appearance

23.0 - 16.0 Ma
Miocene

Environment

terrestrial (based on Limacidae)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Pulmonata)

Vision

limited (based on Gastropoda)

Taphonomy

aragonite (based on Pulmonata)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

M. Harzhauser and T. Kowalke. 2002. Sarmatian (Late Middle Miocene) Gastropod Assemblages of the Central Paratethys. Facies 46:57-82

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limax

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Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Limax aeolianus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Limax albipes species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Limax albucianensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Limax amaliae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Limax bielzii species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Limax brandstetteri species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Limax camerani species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Limax canapicianus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Limax castrensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Limax cephalonicus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Limax ciminensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Limax cinereoniger species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Limax conemenosi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Limax corsicus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Limax crassissimus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Limax dacampi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Limax dobrogicus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Limax engadinensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Limax erythrus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Limax fossilis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		10	7.25 Ma Miocene	7.25 Ma Miocene
Limax gerhardti species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Limax giovannellae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Limax giustii species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Limax graciadeii species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Limax graecus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Limax granosus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Limax hedleyi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Limax hemmeni species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Limax ianninii species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Limax ihewstoni species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Limax ilvensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Limax jickelii species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Limax lachensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Limax lingulatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Limax loczyi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Limax maximus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Limax mayae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Limax millipunctatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Limax minimus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Limax monolineatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Limax monregalensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Limax pironae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Limax plioligustica species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Limax polipunctatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Limax pollonerae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Limax punctulatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Limax purpurata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Limax redii species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Limax sarnensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Limax satunini species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Limax senensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Limax squamosus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Limax strobeli species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Limax subalpinus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Limax tigvenius species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Limax tschapecki species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Limax veronensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Limax vizzavonensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Limax wohlberedti species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Limax wolterstorffi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Limoz Blainville, 1823	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Stylommatophora : Limacidae : *Limoz*
Brachylimax Falkner & Niederhöfer, 2008	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Stylommatophora : Limacidae : *Brachylimax*
Opilolimax Pini, 1877	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Stylommatophora : Limacidae : *Opilolimax*
Lumaca Férussac, 1823	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Stylommatophora : Limacidae : *Lumaca*
Liman Sowerby, 1923	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Stylommatophora : Limacidae : *Liman*
Chromolimax Pini, 1877	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Stylommatophora : Limacidae : *Chromolimax*
Macroheynemannia Simroth, 1888	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Stylommatophora : Limacidae : *Macroheynemannia*
Limax Férussac, 1819	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Stylommatophora : Limacidae : *Limax*
Eulimax Moquin-Tandon, 1855	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Stylommatophora : Limacidae : *Eulimax*
Limacella Brard, 1815	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Stylommatophora : Limacidae : *Limacella*
Stabilea Pini, 1877	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Stylommatophora : Limacidae : *Stabilea*
Linax Germain, 1911	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Stylommatophora : Limacidae : *Linax*
Limar Hazay, 1881	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Stylommatophora : Limacidae : *Limar*
Gestroa Pini, 1877	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Stylommatophora : Limacidae : *Gestroa*
Heynemannia Malm, 1868	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Stylommatophora : Limacidae : *Heynemannia*
Prolimax Simroth, 1906	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Stylommatophora : Limacidae : *Prolimax*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1758	Limax Linnaeus
2002	Limax Harzhauser and Kowalke p. 76

References

Harzhauser M., Kowalke T. (2002) Sarmatian (Late Middle Miocene) Gastropod Assemblages of the Central Paratethys, Facies 46, 57-82

CoL2006 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

SN2000: Brands, S. J. (compiler) 1989-2005. Systema Naturae 2000. Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2006 version). Available online at http://sn2000.taxonomy.nl/. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

WoRMS (Mar 2013) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

as per included species - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. 10th edition. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. - via World Register of Marine Species

von Proschwitz, Ted (2003) Listor över blötdjur ursprungligen sammanställda av Ted von Proschwitz, Göteborgs Naturhistoriska Museum, och sedan tagna från ArtDatabankens taxa-tabell per 2004-09-15. - via Dyntaxa. Svensk taxonomisk databas

Turgeon, D. D., J. F. Quinn, Jr., A. E. Bogan, E. V. Coan, F. G. Hochberg, W. G. Lyons, et al., 1998: Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Mollusks, 2nd ed.. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 26. 526. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. Opinion 94 Twenty-two Mollusk and Tunicate names placed in the Official List of Generic Names.Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 73(4), 12-13 (1926) - via Official Lists and Indexes of Names in Zoology

Schileyko, AA: Treatise on recent terrestrial pulmonate molluscs. - via Terrestrial Slugs Web

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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