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Limacidae

10 species · Animals

Animalia › Mollusca › Gastropoda › Stylommatophora › Limacidae

Limax maximus Linnaeus, 1758

Limax maximus, the leopard slug, is a widely introduced large slug species native to Europe with distinctive mucus-suspended mating.

Limax cinereoniger Wolf, 1803

Limax cinereoniger, the ash-black slug, is a large European slug native to most of Europe, that feeds on mushrooms and algae.

Limax dacampi Menegazzi, 1855

Limax dacampi is a large slug species found in northern Italy and southern Switzerland that prefers moist shady habitats.

Malacolimax tenellus (O.F.Müller, 1774)

Malacolimax tenellus is a yellowish terrestrial slug found across multiple European regions, living in woodlands and feeding on fungi at night.

Lehmannia marginata (O.F.Müller, 1774)

Lehmannia marginata is a keeled slug found in European woodlands that eats lichen, algae, mushrooms, and carrion only when food is scarce.

Limacus flavus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Limacus flavus, the yellow slug, is a nocturnal species associated with human habitation and widespread across Europe and introduced elsewhere.

Limacus maculatus (Kaleniczenko, 1851)

Limacus maculatus, the green cellar slug, is a Black Sea/Caucasus native slug introduced to many northern European locations.

Bielzia coerulans (M.Bielz, 1851)

Bielzia coerulans is a large blue slug endemic to the Carpathian Mountains of Central and Eastern Europe.

Ambigolimax valentianus (A.Férussac, 1821)

Ambigolimax valentianus is a widespread, often invasive slug identifiable only via internal genital anatomy. It is found globally and can be a garden pest.

Ambigolimax parvipenis Hutchinson, Reise & Schlitt, 2022

Ambigolimax parvipenis is a small slug species, spread widely across Europe and parts of North America, found mostly in disturbed habitats.

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