WoRMS name details

Limax marinus Forsskål, 1775

749087  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:749087)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Mollusca (Phylum)
  4. Gastropoda (Class)
  5. Heterobranchia (Subclass)
  6. Euthyneura (Infraclass)
  7. Tectipleura (Subterclass)
  8. Eupulmonata (Superorder)
  9. Stylommatophora (Order)
  10. Helicina (Suborder)
  11. Limacoidei (Infraorder)
  12. Limacoidea (Superfamily)
  13. Limacidae (Family)
  14. Limacinae (Subfamily)
  15. Limax (Genus)
  16. Limax marinus (Species)
 unaccepted (dubious synonym)
Species
marine
Forskål P. (1775). Descriptiones Animalium, Avium, Amphibiorum, Piscium, Insectorum, Vermium; quae in Itinere Orientali Observavit Petrus Forskål. Post Mortem Auctoris editit Carsten Niebuhr. Adjuncta est materia Medica Kahirina. Mölleri, Hafniae, 19 + xxxiv + 164 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2088059
page(s): 99 [details] OpenAccess publication
Note Mediterranean Sea, on floating wood  
Type locality Mediterranean Sea, on floating wood [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Limax marinus Forsskål, 1775. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=749087 on 2025-05-15
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2014-01-30 12:11:24Z
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Gofas, Serge
2015-11-03 18:04:52Z
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Bouchet, Philippe
2022-06-11 20:33:29Z
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Marshall, Bruce

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Nomenclature

original description Forskål P. (1775). Descriptiones Animalium, Avium, Amphibiorum, Piscium, Insectorum, Vermium; quae in Itinere Orientali Observavit Petrus Forskål. Post Mortem Auctoris editit Carsten Niebuhr. Adjuncta est materia Medica Kahirina. Mölleri, Hafniae, 19 + xxxiv + 164 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2088059
page(s): 99 [details] OpenAccess publication

Taxonomy

source of synonymy Thompson, T. E.; Brown, G. H. (1976). <i>British opisthobranch molluscs: Mollusca: Gastropoda: keys and notes for the identification of the species</i>. Synopses of the British fauna (new series), 8. Academic Press: London, UK. 203 pp. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 193 [details] 

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Type locality Mediterranean Sea, on floating wood [details]
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