Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Orthogastropoda > Subclass Heterobranchia > Infraclass Euthyneura > Subterclass Tectipleura > Superorder Eupulmonata > Order Stylommatophora > Suborder Helicina > Infraorder Limacoidei > Superfamily Limacoidea > Family Limacidae > Subfamily Limacinae

Limax Linnaeus, 1758

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Limax aeolianus Giusti, 1973
Limax albipes Dumont & Mortillet, 1853
Limax alpinus A. Ferussac, 1821
Limax bielzii Seibert, 1874
Limax brandstetteri Falkner, 2008
Limax canapicianus Pollonera, 1885
Limax cephalonicus Simroth, 1886
Limax ciminensis Pollonera, 1890
Limax cinereoniger Wolf, 1803
Limax conemenosi O. Boettger, 1882
Limax corsicus Moquin-Tandon, 1855
Limax dacampi Menegazzi, 1854
Limax dobrogicus Grossu & Lupu, 1960
Limax erythrus Bourguignat, 1864
Limax gerhardti Niethammer, 1937
Limax giovannellae Falkner & Niederhofer, 2008
Limax graecus Simroth, 1889
Limax granosus Berenguier, 1900
Limax hemmeni Rahle, 1983
Limax ianninii Giusti, 1973
Limax lachensis Berenguier, 1900
Limax maximus Linnaeus, 1758
Limax millipunctatus Pini, 1884
Limax minimus Pollonera, 1896
Limax pironae Pini, 1876
Limax polipunctatus Pollonera, 1888
Limax punctulatus Sordelli, 1870
Limax redii Gerhardt, 1933
Limax sarnensis Heim & Nitz, 2009
Limax squamosus Berenguier, 1900
Limax strobeli Pini, 1876
Limax subalpinus Lessona, 1880
Limax veronensis Lessona & Pollonera, 1882
Limax wohlberedti Simroth, 1900
Limax wolterstorffi Simroth, 1900

Literature

original description	Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 1(10) [iii], 824 p.
additional source	Cowie, R. H., Evenhuis, N. L. & Christensen, C. C. (1995). Catalog of the native land and freshwater molluscs of the Hawaiian Islands. vi + 248 pp. Leiden: Backhuys Publishers.
additional source	Semper, C. (1870-1885). Reisen im Archipel der Philippinen, Theil 2. Wissenschaftliche Resultate. Band 3, Landmollusken. Wiesbaden: Kreidel. [1-80, pls 1-7 (1870); 81-128 (1873); 129-168 (1874); 169-224 (1877); 225-264, pls 19–20, 22–23 (1880); 265–290, pl. 21 (1882); 291-327, pls 24–27 (1885)] (publication dates after Zool. Record).

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Limax Linnaeus, 1758. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:154017

Ruud A. Bank. Limax Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/3347d3f1-4104-4da6-97d7-a66f93d07fa5