Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Annelida > Class Clitellata > Subclass Oligochaeta > Order Crassiclitellata > Suborder Lumbricina > Superfamily Lumbricoidea > Family Lumbricidae > Subfamily Lumbricinae

Lumbricus Linnaeus, 1758

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Lumbricus badensis Michaelsen, 1907
Lumbricus baicalensis Michaelsen, 1900
Lumbricus castaneus (Savigny, 1826)
Lumbricus centralis Bouché, 1972
Lumbricus festivus (Savigny, 1826)
Lumbricus friendi Cognetti, 1904
Lumbricus improvisus Zicsi, 1963
Lumbricus klarae Zicsi & Csuzdi, 1999
Lumbricus meliboeus Rosa, 1884
Lumbricus polyphemus (Fitzinger, 1833)
Lumbricus rubellus Hoffmeister, 1843
Lumbricus terrestris Linnaeus, 1758

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	Beddard, F.E. (1895). A monograph of the order of Oligochaeta. [Book]. 769 pp. The Clarendon Press, Oxford.
additional source	Linnaeus, C. (1753). Species plantarum, exhibentes plantas rite cognitas ad genera relatas cum differentiis specificis, nominibus trivialibus, synonymis selectis, locis natalibus, secundum systema sexuale digestas. Vol 1. Salvius, Stockholm.
additional source	Claus, C. (1876). Grundzüge der Zoologie. (Third edition) [Principles of Zoology]. N.G. Elwertsche Verlagsuchhandlung, Marburg & Leipzig. 1-1254. (vol.1. incl. Annelides p.394-421, Copepoda p.465-480, vol.2 Mollusca),.
additional source	Rosa, D. (1893). Revisione dei Lumbricide. Memorie della Reale accademia delle scienze di Torino. Ser. 2:43(1):399-476 + 2 tables.
taxonomy source	Friend, H. (1913). A contribution to the bionomics of English Oligochaeta. Science progress. 8(29): 99-112.