Limax doriae

Doria's slug
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. doriae
Binomial name
Limax doriae
Bourguignat 1861

Limax doriae, common name Doria's slug, is a species of air-breathing land slug, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Limacidae, the keelback slugs.

Etymology

Jules René Bourguignat (1829 - 1892) named this species in honor of the Marquis Giacomo Doria, an Italian naturalist, herpetologist, and politician.

Subspecies

[1]

Description

Limax doriae reaches a length of about 36 centimetres (14 in). [2]

Distribution

This species is endemic to the French Alpes-Maritimes and to a few northern Italian regions: (Piedmont, Liguria and Tuscany).[3]

Habitat

This species prefers humid and shady areas, and is found resting under stones.

Bibliography

References

  1. Alzona, C. 1971: Malacofauna Italica. Catalogo e bibliografia dei molluschi viventi,terrestri e d'acqua dolce. - Atti Soc. ital. Sci. nat., Mus. Civ. St. Nat., Milano, 111: 1-433.: Piemonte, Liguria, Toscana.
  2. Bourguignat, J. R. 1861. - Note sur divers limaciens nouveaux ou peu connus. - Revue et Magasin de Zoologie pure et appliquée (2) 13: 256, Pl. 8, 16. Paris.
  3. Animal Base
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