Limax cinereoniger
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata clade Eupulmonata clade Stylommatophora informal group Sigmurethra clade limacoid clade |
| Superfamily: | Limacoidea |
| Family: | Limacidae |
| Subfamily: | Limacinae |
| Genus: | Limax |
| Species: | L. cinereoniger |
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Limax cinereoniger Wolf, 1803 |
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| Synonyms | |
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Limax alpinus Férussac, 1822 |
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Limax alpinus Férussac, 1822
Limax cinereoniger is a large species of air-breathing land slug in the terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk family Limacidae, the keelback slugs. This is the largest land slug species in the world.
This slug is native to Europe. It is recorded in most of Europe, including Bulgaria, Czech Republic (where it is of least concern),Italy, Netherlands,Slovakia, Great Britain, Ireland, Finland, and Ukraine, and only missing in Scandinavia and in the extreme South.
With a maximum length exceeding 20 centimeters, this species is the largest land slug.
This species lives in woodlands and occasionally parks.
Parasites of Limax cinereoniger include nematodes of genus Elaphostrongylus and Agfa flexilis.
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