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Limax cinereoniger Wolf, 1803
1001133 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1001133)
accepted
Species
Limax (Limax) cinereoniger Wolf, 1803 · alternative representation
Limax alpinus A. Férussac, 1822 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Limax cinereoniger var. brunnea Roebuck, 1918 · unaccepted > junior homonym (invalid; non Limax brunneus...)
invalid; non Limax brunneus Draparnaud, 1801
Limax cinereoniger var. schulzei Gerhardt, 1941 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Limax maurus Held, 1836 · unaccepted > junior homonym (non Limax maurus Quoy & Gaimard, 1825)
Limax zilchi Grossu & Do. Lupu, 1962 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
- Variety Limax cinereoniger var. fuscus Pini, 1876 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Variety Limax cinereoniger var. gualterii Pini, 1876 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Variety Limax cinereoniger var. isseli Pini, 1876 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Variety Limax cinereoniger var. monolineatus Pini, 1876 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Variety Limax cinereoniger var. ornatus Lessona, 1880 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Variety Limax cinereoniger var. parumpunctatus Pini, 1876 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Variety Limax cinereoniger var. pradae Pini, 1876 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Variety Limax cinereoniger var. taccanii Pini, 1876 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Variety Limax cinereoniger var. trilineatus Pini, 1876 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Variety Limax cinereoniger var. turatii Pini, 1876 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Variety Limax cinereoniger var. villae Pini, 1876 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Subspecies Limax cinereoniger cameranoi Lessona & Pollonera, 1882 accepted as Limax camerani Lessona & Pollonera, 1882 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
- Subspecies Limax cinereoniger graziadeii Gerhardt, 1940 accepted as Limax graziadeii Gerhardt, 1940 (original name)
- Variety Limax cinereoniger var. brunnea Roebuck, 1918 accepted as Limax cinereoniger Wolf, 1803 (unaccepted > junior homonym, invalid; non Limax brunneus Draparnaud, 1801)
- Variety Limax cinereoniger var. camerani Lessona & Pollonera, 1882 accepted as Limax camerani Lessona & Pollonera, 1882 (original name)
- Variety Limax cinereoniger var. schulzei Gerhardt, 1941 accepted as Limax cinereoniger Wolf, 1803 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Sturm, T. (1803). Deutschlands Fauna in Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Beschreibungen. Bändchen 1. Die Würmer., pl. [1-34]. Nürnberg.
page(s): 5 (not paginated) [details]
page(s): 5 (not paginated) [details]
Type locality contained in Germany , Note "Oberkrumbach bei Hersbruck"
type locality contained in Germany [details]
Type locality "Oberkrumbach bei Hersbruck" [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Limax cinereoniger Wolf, 1803. Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1001133 on 2026-02-13
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original description
Sturm, T. (1803). Deutschlands Fauna in Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Beschreibungen. Bändchen 1. Die Würmer., pl. [1-34]. Nürnberg.
page(s): 5 (not paginated) [details]
original description (of Limax zilchi Grossu & Do. Lupu, 1962) Grossu, A. V. & Lupu, D. (1960). Revision der Gattung Limax aus Rumänien, nebst Beschreibung einiger neuer Arten. <em>Archiv für Molluskenkunde.</em> 89 (4/6): 157-165. Frankfurt am Main [5 December].
page(s): 161, Abb. 4 [details]
original description (of Limax cinereoniger var. brunnea Roebuck, 1918) Roebuck, W. D. (1918). Limax cinereoniger, its variation in Savernake Forest, and description of a new cariety. <em>Journal of Conchology.</em> 15(9): 159., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31904530 [details]
original description (of Limax cinereoniger var. schulzei Gerhardt, 1941) Gerhardt, U. (1941). Biologische Beobachtungen an einer grossen bulgarischen Limax-Art aus der Gruppe cinereoniger Wolf. <em>Zeitschrift für Morphologie und Ökologie der Tiere.</em> 37 (4): 584-590 [22. July 1941]., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00437759
page(s): 589 [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Limax maurus Held, 1836) Held, F. (1836). Aufzählung der in Bayern lebenden Mollusken. <em>Isis.</em> 1836(4): 271-282., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13245568
page(s): 272 [details]
additional source Sysoev, A. V. & Schileyko, A. A. (2009). Land snails and slugs of Russia and adjacent countries. <em>Sofia/Moskva (Pensoft).</em> 312 pp., 142 plates. [June] [= Pensoft Series Faunistica No 87].
page(s): 151, Fig. 77E, 84F [details] Available for editors [request]
identification resource Turóci, Á. & Páll-Gergely, B. (2025). Magyarország meztelencsigái [Slugs of Hungary]. HUN-REN Agrártudományi Kutatóközpont (HUN-REN Centre for Agricultural Research), Martonvásár, Hungary, 288 pp. (in Hungarian)., available online at https://doi.org/10.20331/allkoz.2025.110.1-2.1
page(s): 131 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 5 (not paginated) [details]
original description (of Limax zilchi Grossu & Do. Lupu, 1962) Grossu, A. V. & Lupu, D. (1960). Revision der Gattung Limax aus Rumänien, nebst Beschreibung einiger neuer Arten. <em>Archiv für Molluskenkunde.</em> 89 (4/6): 157-165. Frankfurt am Main [5 December].
page(s): 161, Abb. 4 [details]
original description (of Limax cinereoniger var. brunnea Roebuck, 1918) Roebuck, W. D. (1918). Limax cinereoniger, its variation in Savernake Forest, and description of a new cariety. <em>Journal of Conchology.</em> 15(9): 159., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31904530 [details]
original description (of Limax cinereoniger var. schulzei Gerhardt, 1941) Gerhardt, U. (1941). Biologische Beobachtungen an einer grossen bulgarischen Limax-Art aus der Gruppe cinereoniger Wolf. <em>Zeitschrift für Morphologie und Ökologie der Tiere.</em> 37 (4): 584-590 [22. July 1941]., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00437759
page(s): 589 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Limax maurus Held, 1836) Held, F. (1836). Aufzählung der in Bayern lebenden Mollusken. <em>Isis.</em> 1836(4): 271-282., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13245568
page(s): 272 [details]
additional source Sysoev, A. V. & Schileyko, A. A. (2009). Land snails and slugs of Russia and adjacent countries. <em>Sofia/Moskva (Pensoft).</em> 312 pp., 142 plates. [June] [= Pensoft Series Faunistica No 87].
page(s): 151, Fig. 77E, 84F [details] Available for editors
[request]identification resource Turóci, Á. & Páll-Gergely, B. (2025). Magyarország meztelencsigái [Slugs of Hungary]. HUN-REN Agrártudományi Kutatóközpont (HUN-REN Centre for Agricultural Research), Martonvásár, Hungary, 288 pp. (in Hungarian)., available online at https://doi.org/10.20331/allkoz.2025.110.1-2.1
page(s): 131 [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Type locality "Oberkrumbach bei Hersbruck" [details]
To Barcode of Life (43 barcodes)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Limax cinereoniger)
To GenBank (32 nucleotides; 27 proteins)
To GenBank (32 nucleotides; 27 proteins) (from synonym Limax alpinus A. Férussac, 1822)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Limax cinereoniger)
To GenBank (32 nucleotides; 27 proteins)
To GenBank (32 nucleotides; 27 proteins) (from synonym Limax alpinus A. Férussac, 1822)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
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