Limacus maculatus

Limacus maculatus, the green cellar slug or Irish yellow slug, is a species of slug native to the Caucasus and Black Sea coast.[2] It has also been introduced to a number of northern European countries. In its introduced range the species is often synanthropic. It is most likely to be confused with Limacus flavus, which it closely resembles externally.

Limacus maculatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Limacidae
Genus: Limacus
Species:
L. maculatus
Binomial name
Limacus maculatus
(Kaleniczenko, 1851)
Synonyms

Krynickillus maculatus Kaleniczenko, 1851
Limax ecarinatus O. Boettger, 1881
Limax grossui Lupu, 1970
Limax maculatus (Kaleniczenko, 1851)
Limax pseudoflavus Evans, 1978[1]

Limax ecarinatus Boettger, 1881 is the appropriate name if Limacus is considered a subgenus of Limax.[3] The reason is that Nunneley already described a Limax maculatus in 1837; this turned out to be a synonym of Limax maximus, but nevertheless the combination Limax maculatus cannot be re-applied to a species described under the name maculatus at a later date (even though that 1851 description used a different genus, Krynickillus).

Plate accompanying the description of Limax ecarinatus[4]

Distribution

This species is believed to be native in parts of Romania, Bulgaria, Ukraine, Turkey, southwestern Russia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia.[2][5] It has now spread to:

References
  1. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). "Molluscabase. Limacus maculatus (Kaleniczenko, 1851)". www.molluscabase.org.
  2. Wiktor, A.; Norris, A. (1982). "The synonymy of Limax maculatus (Kaleniczenko 1851) with notes on its European distribution". Journal of Conchology. 31: 75–77.
  3. Welter-Schultes, F.W. (2013). Guidelines for the capture and management of digital zoological names information. Version 1.1. Copenhagen: Global Biodiversity Information Facility. p. 65. ISBN 87-92020-44-5.
  4. Boettger, O. (1881). "Boettger, O. (1881). Sechstes Verzeichniss transkaukasischer, armenischer und nordpersischer Mollusken aus Sendungen der Herren Hans Leder, z. Z. in Kutais und Dr. G. Sievers in St. Petersburg". Jahrbücher der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft. 8 (3): 167–261, pl. 7-9.
  5. Eta, K.; Hausdorf, B. (2020). "Limacus maculatus (Kaleniczenko 1851) in Hamburg (Gastropoda: Limacidae)" (PDF). Mitteilungen der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft. 102: 49–51.
  6. Rowson, B (2014). Slugs of Britain & Ireland : identification, understanding and control. Telford Cardiff: FSC Publications National Museum of Wales. ISBN 978-1-908819-13-0. OCLC 889104870.
  7. Langeraert, W.; van de Haar, P.G.; Margry, K. (2021). "The green cellar slug Limacus maculatus (Kaleniczenko, 1851) (Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Limacidae) new for the Netherlands". Basteria. 85 (1): 6–12.
  8. Čejka, T.; Beran, L.; Korábek, O.; Hlaváč, J.Č.; Horáčková, J.; Coufal, R.; Drvotová, M.; Maňas, M.; Horsáková, V.; Horsák, M. (2020). "Malacological news from the Czech and Slovak Republics in 2015–2019" (PDF). Malacologica Bohemoslovaca. 19: 71–106.
  9. Ostrovsky, A.M. (2022). "Новые находки синантропных слизней Limacus maculatus и Arion vulgaris (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Stylommatophora) в Беларуси [New records of synanthropic slugs Limacus maculatus and Arion vulgaris (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Stylommatophora) in Belarus]". Ruthenica. 32 (2): 93–98. doi:10.35885/ruthenica.2022.32(2).6.
  10. Balashov, I.; Markova, A. (2021). "Occurrence of an invasive slug, Limacus flavus (Stylommatophora: Limacidae) in the trees of an urban landscape in Kyiv city (Ukraine), with remarks on its colouration". Ruthenica. 31 (3): 111–120. doi:10.35885/ruthenica.2021.31(3).1.
  11. Sysoev, A.V.; Schileyko, A.A. (2009). Land snails and slugs of Russia and adjacent countries. Sofia, Moscow: Pensoft.


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