Species Limacus flavus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Limax flavus Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundem classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Holmiae : Laurentii Salvii Vol. 1 10, 824 pp. [652].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, whereabouts unknown presumed lost, Sweden or England.
• Limax megalodontes Quoy, J.R.C. & Gaimard, J.P. 1824. in Freycinet, M.L. de (ed.) Voyage Autour du Monde,entrepris par ordre du Roi, sous le Ministère et conformement aux la instructions de S. Exc. M. le Viscomte du Bouchage, Secrétaire d'État au Department de la Marine, exécute sur les Corvettes de S.M. l' Uraine et la Physicienne, pendant les années 1817–1820. Zoologie. Paris : Pillet Ainé. 671 pp. [426].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, whereabouts unknown presumed lost, Port Jackson, NSW.
• Limax olivaceus Gould, A.A. 1852. Mollusca and shells. United States Exploring Expedition during the years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842, under the command of Charles Wilkes, U. S. N. 12: 1-510 [4].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, whereabouts unknown presumed lost, Parramatta, NSW.
• Limacus breckworthianus Lehmann, R. 1864. Neue Nachtschnecke aus Australien. Malakozoologische Blätter 11: 145-149 [145].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, whereabouts unknown presumed lost, Breechworth (as Breckworth), VIC.
• Limax bicolor Selenka, E. 1865. Zwei neue nacktschnecken aus Australien (Limax pectinatus und bicolor). Malakozoologische Blätter 12: 105-110 [105].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, whereabouts unknown presumed lost, Sydney, NSW.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• 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 [77]
• Barker, G.M. 1999. Naturalised terrestrial Stylommatophora (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Fauna of New Zealand, 38. Lincoln, Canterbury, New Zealand : Manaaki Whenua Press 253 pp. [81]

 

Generic Combinations

• Lehmannia (Limacus) flava (Linnaeus, 1758). —
  Smith, B.J. 1992. Non-Marine Mollusca. In, Houston, W.W.K. (ed.). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Non-marine Mollusca. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service Vol. 8 xii 408 pp. [253]
• Limacus flavus (Linnaeus, 1758). —
  Bonham, K. 2013. A revised list of the exotic land molluscs of Tasmania. The Tasmanian Naturalist 135: 90-97 [94]

 

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Throughout SE Australia including TAS, southwest WA, and Norfolk Island. Native of Europe but now widely distributed. Introduced to many parts of the world, including Australia and New Zealand

Introduced from Europe.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

ACT, NSW, SA, Tas, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Ben Lomond (BEL), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), King (KIN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR)

Other Regions

Norfolk Island terrestrial & freshwater

Ecological Descriptors

Crop, omnivore, woodland.

Extra Ecological Information

Usually associated with dwellings and frequently enters houses; living under wood, pots and rubbish

 

General References

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 (anatomy)

Barker, G.M. 1999. Naturalised terrestrial Stylommatophora (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Fauna of New Zealand, 38. Lincoln, Canterbury, New Zealand : Manaaki Whenua Press 253 pp. [81-83]

Quick, H.E. 1960. British Slugs (Pulmonata : Testacellidae, Arionidae, Limacidae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Zoology 6: 103-226 (anatomy, ecology)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
15-Nov-2024	LIMACIDAE Batsch, 1789	15-Oct-2024	MODIFIED
		05-Apr-2012	MODIFIED