Species Deroceras laeve (Müller, 1774)

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Species Deroceras laeve (Müller, 1774)

Marsh Slug

Limax laeve Müller, O.F. 1774. Vermium Terrestrium et Fluviatilium, seu Animalium Infusorium, Helminthicorum, et Testaceorum, non marinorum, Succincta Historia. Havniae & Lipsiae : Heineck & Faber Vol. 2 xxvi 214 pp. [1].
Type data:
Status unknown, whereabouts unknown presumed lost, Frideriksdal.
Secondary source:
Reise, H., Hutchinson, J., Schunack, S. & Schlitt, B. 2011. Deroceras panormitanum and congeners from Malta and Sicily, with a redescription of the widespread pest slug as Deroceras invadens n. sp. Folia Malacologica 19: 201-223 [220] (formerly considered a synonym of Deroceras panormitanum (Lessona & Pollonera, 1882)).
Limax queenslandicus Hedley, C. 1888. Description of a new slug, with notes on other terrestrial Mollusca. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 5: 150-153 [as ?Limax queenslandicus Hedley, 1888].
Type data:
Holotype DPIQM no number, Burleigh Heads, Qld.
Secondary source:
Altena, C.O. van R. & Smith, B.J. 1975. Notes on introduced slugs of the families Limacidae and Milacidae in Australia, with two new records. Journal of the Malacological Society of Australia 3: 63-80 [71].

Generic Combinations

Deroceras laeve (Müller, 1774).

Distribution

States

New South Wales

Extra Distribution Information

Introduced from Europe.

Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.

IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

IBRA

NSW: NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- New South Wales: SE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Nurseries, greenhouses and gardens.

General References

Barker, G.M. 1999. Naturalised terrestrial Stylommatophora (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Fauna of New Zealand, 38. Lincoln, Canterbury, New Zealand : Manaaki Whenua Press 253 pp. [32-35]

Shea, M. pers. comm. The Australian Faunal Directory, http://biodiversity.org.au/afd (Australian distribution)

South, A. 1992. Terrestrial slugs. Biology, ecology and control. London : Chapman & Hall 428 pp. [20]

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
12-Apr-2022	HELICINA	19-Jan-2022	MODIFIED
		20-Feb-2012	MODIFIED

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