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Limax agrestis Linnaeus, 1758
875539 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:875539)
unaccepted (original name)
Species
- Variety Limax agrestis var. niger Morelet, 1845 accepted as Deroceras reticulatum (O. F. Müller, 1774)
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
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Note Terra typica: Sweden
Type locality Terra typica: Sweden [details]
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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
page(s): 652 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Nevill, G. (1880). On the land-shells, extinct and living, of the neighbourhood of Menton (Alpes Maritimes); with descriptions of a new genus and of several new species. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1880: 94-142, Pls. 13, 14., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28522212
page(s): 102; note: Nevill lists this species fossil at Menton, France. [details]
additional source Binney, W.G. (1874). On the genitalia and lingual dentition of Pulmonata. Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York, 11: 20-46, plates 1-6., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16076264
page(s): 21 [details]
additional source Binney, A. (1842). Descriptions of some of the species of naked, air-breathing Mollusca, inhabiting the United States. Boston Journal of Natural History, 4(2): 163-175., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5362938#page/193/mode/1up
page(s): 166-168 [details]
additional source Cockerell, T. D. A. (1889). <i>Limax agrestis</i> in Philadelphia. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 3(8): 95-96., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12596516 [details]
additional source Ford, J. (1890). Some American cannibals. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 4(7): 85., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12596702 [details]
additional source Taylor, G. W. (1891). <i>Limax agrestis</i> Linn. on the Pacific Coast. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 5(8): 92-93., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42788888 [details]
additional source Raymond, W. J. (1892). <i>Limax agrestis</i> Linn. in California. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 5(9): 101-102., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42788897 [details]
page(s): 652 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Nevill, G. (1880). On the land-shells, extinct and living, of the neighbourhood of Menton (Alpes Maritimes); with descriptions of a new genus and of several new species. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1880: 94-142, Pls. 13, 14., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28522212
page(s): 102; note: Nevill lists this species fossil at Menton, France. [details]
additional source Binney, W.G. (1874). On the genitalia and lingual dentition of Pulmonata. Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York, 11: 20-46, plates 1-6., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16076264
page(s): 21 [details]
additional source Binney, A. (1842). Descriptions of some of the species of naked, air-breathing Mollusca, inhabiting the United States. Boston Journal of Natural History, 4(2): 163-175., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5362938#page/193/mode/1up
page(s): 166-168 [details]
additional source Cockerell, T. D. A. (1889). <i>Limax agrestis</i> in Philadelphia. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 3(8): 95-96., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12596516 [details]
additional source Ford, J. (1890). Some American cannibals. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 4(7): 85., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12596702 [details]
additional source Taylor, G. W. (1891). <i>Limax agrestis</i> Linn. on the Pacific Coast. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 5(8): 92-93., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42788888 [details]
additional source Raymond, W. J. (1892). <i>Limax agrestis</i> Linn. in California. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 5(9): 101-102., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42788897 [details]
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Type locality Terra typica: Sweden [details]
