Malacolimax is a genus of air-breathing land slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Limacidae, the keelback slugs.
| Malacolimax | |
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| Malacolimax tenellus in a semi-retracted state | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Limacidae |
| Subfamily: | Limacinae |
| Genus: | Malacolimax Malm, 1868[1] |
Species
editSpecies within the genus Malacolimax include:
- Malacolimax mrazeki (Simroth, 1904)
- Malacolimax tenellus O. F. Müller, 1774, the type species
- Malacolimax wiktori Alonso & Ibáñez, 1989
References
edit- ^ (in Swedish) Malm A. W. 1868. Skandinaviska land-sniglar, limacina, afbildade efter lefvande exemplar och beskrivna. Göteborgs Kongliga Vetenskaps och Vitterhets Samhälles Handlingar (Ny Tidsföljd) 10 ["1870"]: 26-93, Plate 1-5.