Limax
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| Limax | |
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| Limax maximus | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Limacidae |
| Subfamily: | Limacinae |
| Genus: | Limax Linnaeus, 1758[1] |
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at least 33, see text | |
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Limax is a genus of air-breathing land slugs in the terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk family Limacidae.
The generic name Limax literally means "slug". Snail-eating animals, such as certain snakes) are thus called limaxivorous.
Some species, such as the leopard slug (L. maximus), are beneficial for the garden.[citation needed]
The genus Limax sensu stricto is probably monophyletic.[2]
This genus is native to Europe, but at least one species (L. maximus) has been introduced into North America.
