Malacolimax
| Malacolimax | |
|---|---|
| Malacolimax tenellus | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Limacidae |
| Subfamily: | Limacinae |
| Genus: | Malacolimax Malm, 1868[1] |
Malacolimax is a genus of air-breathing land slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Limacidae, the keelback slugs. Both known species are bright yellow.
Species
The genus consists of:
- Malacolimax mrazeki (Simroth, 1904)
- Malacolimax tenellus (O.F. Müller, 1774), the type species
An endemic species from Tenerife was described as Malacolimax wiktori Alonso & Ibáñez, 1989 because it lacks an intestinal caecum, but DNA sequences now imply that it belongs in the genus Ambigolimax.[2][3]
References
- ^ (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.
- ^ Hutchinson, JMC; Schlitt, B; Reise, H (2026). "Ambigolimax, Lehmannia and other limacid slugs (Gastropoda: Stylommatophora); what their DNA tells us about phylogeny, taxonomy and phylogeography". Journal of Molluscan Studies. 92 (1) eyaf031. doi:10.1093/mollus/eyaf031.
- ^ MolluscaBase Eds. "Ambigolimax wiktori (M. R. Alonso & Ibáñez, 1989)". Molluscabase. Flanders Marine Institute. Retrieved 14 February 2026.