Limax

Taxobox
name = Limax

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image_width = 250px
image_caption = "Limax maximus"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Mollusca
classis = Gastropoda
ordo = Pulmonata
familia = Limacidae
genus = "Limax"

"Limax" (literally "slug") is a genus of small, terrestrial, shell-less pulmonate snails native to Europe, and introduced into North America. Some species, especially the ones introduced into North America, are considered to be garden pests whenever they inhabit gardens, as they often injure plants by feeding on tender foliage.

Species

* "Limax cinereoniger"
* Great Grey Slug "Limax maximus"
* and more [http://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id2866]

ee also

* Yellow Slug "Limacus flavus", synonymum "Limax flavus"
* Banana slug "Ariolimax" is sister genus

References

* " [http://www.wildlifetrusts.org/index.php?section=environment:species:invertebrate&id=182 The Wildlife Trusts] "; retrieved March 26, 2005.
* "Stuart M. Bennett, 2000; [http://www.the-piedpiper.co.uk/th11a(2).htm Great Grey Slugs] ; retrieved March 26, 2005.