World Register of Introduced Marine Species (WRiMS)

BeRMS taxon details

Limax Linnaeus, 1758

AphiaID

154017 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:154017)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Limacinae Batsch, 1789

Original name

Limax Linnaeus, 1758

Direct children (3)

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Species Limax lanceolatus Pallas, 1774 accepted as Branchiostoma lanceolatum (Pallas, 1774)
Species Limax papillosus Linnaeus, 1761 accepted as Aeolidia papillosa (Linnaeus, 1761) (original combination)
Species Limax tergipes Forsskål, 1775 accepted as Tergipes tergipes (Forsskål, 1775) (original combination)

Environment

~~marine~~, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, terrestrial

Grammatical gender

masculine

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., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Limax Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: VLIZ Belgian Marine Species Consortium (2010 onwards) Belgian Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/berms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=154017 on 2025-05-07

Regional species database citation

VLIZ Belgian Marine Species Consortium (2010 onwards). Belgian Register of Marine Species. Limax Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/berms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=154017 on 2025-05-07

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-04-16 10:28:02Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2013-09-07 15:29:15Z

changed

Rosenberg, Gary

2016-05-09 19:18:49Z

changed

Marshall, Bruce

2017-06-15 07:03:19Z

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Bank, Ruud

2019-07-06 20:29:19Z

changed

Marshall, Bruce

2021-09-18 17:38:13Z

changed

Rosenberg, Gary

Licensing

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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., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors

context source (MSBIAS) Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. (2023). 2019 The Marine Biological Association of the UK (MBA) Wembury Bioblitz survey. The Archive for Marine Species and Habitats Data (DASSH). , available online at https://portal.medin.org.uk/portal/start.php#details?tpc=010_71a02145fae5466afe757cd48b999ded [details]

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)., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32630046
page(s): 82-83 [details]

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.
page(s): 167-168 [details] Available for editors

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Introduced: alien

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