Limax dacampi
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| Limax dacampi | |
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| A live Limax cf. dacampi | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Limacidae |
| Genus: | Limax |
| Species: | L. dacampi |
| Binomial name | |
| Limax dacampi Menegazzi, 1854 | |
Limax dacampi (by other authors Limax dacampoi) is a species of air-breathing land slug, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Limacidae, the keelback slugs.
Luigi Menegazzi named this species in honor of the malacologist Benedetto Da Campo.
Taxonomy
For the time being, this is a problematic taxon; it may be a complex of closely related species. Limax dacampi is definitely not a synonym of Limax cinereoniger or Limax maximus; it is a separate species. This species was recently again found at the type locality near Garda (VR) (Lake Garda, Italy) and the copulatory behavior has been documented. The copulation of Limax dacampi is broadly similar to that of Limax maximus, but shows its own distinctive characteristics.
Description
Limax dacampi reaches a length of about 20 centimetres (7.9 in). The body is reddish with two dark bands along the sides or dark spots on the back, excluding the mantle. The head and tentacles are grayish. The sole is light-colored.
Distribution
This species is known to occur in the northern Italian mainland and in southern Switzerland.
Habitat
The species is found in a variety of habitats. It prefers moist and shady forests and bushland.
Subspecies and varieties
The species has been divided into several subspecies and numerous varieties. Some of these subspecies and varieties may be distinct species (or subspecies) within the species complex Limax dacampi.
- Limax dacampi menegazzii Lessona & Pollonera
- Limax dacampi menegazzii var. amaliaeBettoni
- Limax dacampi menegazzii var. punctatus Lessona
- Limax dacampi renieri Lessona & Pollonera
- Limax dacampi renieri var. atratus Bettoni
- Limax dacampi renieri var. elegans Bettoni
- Limax dacampi renieri var.sordellii Bettoni
- Limax dacampi renieri var. nigricans Lessona
- Limax dacampi renieri var. sulphureus Lessona
- Limax dacampi renieri var. calderinii Lessona
- Limax dacampi dacampi Menegazzi
- Limax dacampi dacampi var. typus Bettoni
- Limax dacampi dacampi var. trilineolatus Bettoni
- Limax dacampi dacampi var. monolineatus Bettoni
- Limax dacampi dacampi var. pinii Lessona & Pollonera
- Limax dacampi dacampi var. fuscus Bettoni
- Limax dacampi dacampi var. taccanii Pini
- Limax dacampi dacampi var. gualterii Pini
- Limax dacampi dacampi var. maculatus Lessona
- Limax dacampi dacampi var. pallescens Lessona
- Limax dacampi dacampi var. rufescens Lessona
- Limax dacampi dacampi var. monocromus Lessona & Pollonera
- Limax dacampi dacampi var. villae Pini
- Limax dacampi dacampi var. turatii Pini