Limax luctuosus is a species of air-breathing land slug, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Limacidae, the keelback slugs. So far, it has not been adequately investigated and is therefore an unsafe species. [1]
| Limax luctuosus | |
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| Juvenile of Limax cf. luctuosus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Limacidae |
| Genus: | Limax |
| Species: | L. luctuosus
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| Limax luctuosus Moquin-Tandon, 1855
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Taxonomy
editThe taxon was first described by Alfred Moquin-Tandon in 1855 as a var. of Limax maximus.[2] It could be a form of Limax cinereoniger or an endemic species. [1]
Distribution
editLimax luctuosus was described from France, but it should also be present in the western Alps.[3][4]
References
edit- ^ a b Animal Base
- ^ Moquin-Tandon, A. 1855 Histoire naturelle des mollusques terrestres et fluviatiles de la France contenant des études générales sur leur anatomie et leur physiologie et la description particulière des genres, des espèces et des variétés. Tome second. - pp. 1-646, atlas 1-92, Pl. I-LIV [= 1-54]. Paris. (Baillière).
- ^ Natura mediterraneo
- ^ WMSDB – Worldwide Mollusc Species Data Base
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