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Limax (Limax) Linnaeus, 1758
1000345 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1000345)
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Limax maximus Linnaeus, 1758 (type by subsequent designation)
- Species Limax (Limax) albipes Dumont & Mortillet, 1853 represented as Limax albipes Dumont & Mortillet, 1853
- Species Limax (Limax) bielzi Seibert, 1874 represented as Limax bielzii Seibert, 1874
- Species Limax (Limax) brandstetteri Falkner, 2008 represented as Limax brandstetteri Falkner, 2008
- Species Limax (Limax) cinereoniger Wolf, 1803 represented as Limax cinereoniger Wolf, 1803
- Species Limax (Limax) dobrogicus Grossu & Lupu, 1960 represented as Limax dobrogicus Grossu & Lupu, 1960
- Species Limax (Limax) maximus Linnaeus, 1758 represented as Limax maximus Linnaeus, 1758
- Species Limax (Limax) punctulatus Sordelli, 1870 represented as Limax punctulatus Sordelli, 1870
- Species Limax (Limax) seticus Wiktor & Bössneck, 2004 represented as Limax seticus Wiktor & Bössneck, 2004
- Species Limax (Limax) scupicus H. Wanger, 1931 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
(of Limax Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors 
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(of Limax Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors [request]
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