Limacus maculatus

Limacus maculatus , the green cellar slug or Irish yellow slug, is a species of slug native to the Caucasus and Black Sea coast.[1] It has also been introduced to a number of northern European countries and Russia.[2][3]

Limacus maculatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
informal group Pulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group Sigmurethra
clade limacoid clade
Superfamily:
Limacoidea
Family:
Limacidae
Subfamily:
Limacinae
Genus:
Limax
Subgenus:
Limacus
Species:
L. maculatus
Binomial name
Limacus maculatus
(Kaleniczenko, 1851)
Synonyms
  • Limax ecarinatus
  • Limax pseudoflavus
  • Limax grossui

References
  1. Wiktor, A; Norris, A (1982). "The synonymy of Limax maculatus (Kaleniczenko 1851) with notes on its European distribution". Journal of Conchology. 31: 75–77.
  2. Rowson, B (2014). Slugs of Britain & Ireland : identification, understanding and control. Telford Cardiff: FSC Publications National Museum of Wales. ISBN 978-1-908819-13-0. OCLC 889104870.
  3. "Molluscabase - Limacus maculatus (Kaleniczenko, 1851)". www.molluscabase.org.
  • Bank, R. A.; Neubert, E. (2017). Checklist of the land and freshwater Gastropoda of Europe. Last update: July 16, 2017
  • Sysoev, A. V. & Schileyko, A. A. (2009). Land snails and slugs of Russia and adjacent countries. Sofia/Moskva (Pensoft). 312 pp., 142 plates


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