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Limax maximus Linnaeus 1758
Authors/Creators
- 1. Laboratorio de Invertebrados Acuáticos, Departamento de Ecología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Chile, Ñuñoa, Chile; & Laboratorio de Química Inorgánica, Departamento de Química, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Chile, Ñuñoa, Chile
Description
Limax maximus Linnaeus, 1758
Description
Thomas et al. (2010).
Distribution
Western Palaearctic, introduced into North and South America, South Africa, Pacific Islands, Australia and New Zealand (Gaitán-Espitia et al. 2012). In Chile this species has been cited from 30° to 46° (Valdovinos 1999; Letelier and Ramos 2002).
Possible mechanism of introduction/Status
Human transportation/established (Landler and Nuñez 2012).
Remarks
Synanthropic species, potential carrier of human pathogens (Landler and Nuñez 2012). Nocturnal species, aggressive towards other slugs (Gaitán-Espitia et al. 2012). EA, I.
Notes
Published as part of Araya, Juan Francisco, 2015, Current status of the non-indigenous molluscs in Chile, with the first record of Otala punctata (Müller, 1774) (Gastropoda: Helicidae) in the country and new records for Cornu aspersum (Müller, 1774) and Deroceras laeve (Müller, 1774), pp. 1731-1761 in Journal of Natural History 49 (29) on page 1743, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2015.1006703, http://zenodo.org/record/3997965
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Scientific name authorship
- Linnaeus
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Mollusca
- Order
- Stylommatophora
- Family
- Limacidae
- Genus
- Limax
- Species
- maximus
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Limax maximus Linnaeus, 1758 sec. Araya, 2015
References
- Linnaeus C. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima reformata. 1. Holmiae, Salvius; ii + 824 pp.
- Thomas AK, Mc Donnell RJ, Paine TD, Harwood JD. 2010. A field guide to the slugs of Kentucky. Lexington (Kentucky): University of Kentucky College of Agriculture- Agriculture Experiment Station Publication SR- 103.
- Gaitan-Espitia JD, Franco M, Bartheld JL, Nespolo RF. 2012. Repeatability of energy metabolism and resistance to dehydration in the invasive slug Limax maximus. Invertebr Biol. 131: 11 - 18.
- Valdovinos C. 1999. Biodiversidad de moluscos chilenos: base de datos taxonomica y distribucional. Gayana. 63: 111 - 164.
- Letelier S, Ramos AM. 2002. Moluscos terrestres y de aguas continentales de la expedicion Iniciativa Darwin (1998 - 1999), Region de Aysen, Zona Austral de Chile. Bol Mus Nac Hist Nat Chile. 51: 185 - 195.
- Landler L, Nunez JJ. 2012. European invaders in South America: terrestrial snails and slugs in southern Chile. J Conchol. 41: 263 - 265.