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Deroceras agreste (Linnaeus, 1758)
875541 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:875541)
accepted
Species
Agriolimax agrestis (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Agriolimax agrestis var. turkestanus Simroth, 1902 · unaccepted (use in recent literature...)
use in recent literature currently undocumented
Agriolimax fedschenkoni C. Koch & Heynemann, 1874 · unaccepted (justified emendation of...)
justified emendation of fedtschenkoni
Agriolimax pallidus (Schrenk, 1848) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Agriolimax pallidus var. fusconotatus Lessona & Pollonera, 1882 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Agriolimax pallidus var. immaculatus Lessona & Pollonera, 1882 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Agriolimax paradisiacus Gambetta, 1932 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Agriolimax transcaucasicus Simroth, 1902 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Agriolimax transcaucasicus var. coeciger Simroth, 1902 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Deroceras (Agriolimax) agreste (Linnaeus, 1758) · alternative representation
Deroceras (Agriolimax) agreste transcaucasicum (Simroth, 1902) · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Deroceras (Deroceras) agreste (Linnaeus, 1758) · alternative representation
Deroceras pojoritensis Husanu, 1967 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Krynickillus minutus Kaleniczenko, 1851 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Limacella obliqua Brard, 1815 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Limax (Agriolimax) fedtschenkoni C. Koch & Heynemann, 1874 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Limax agrestis Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted (original name)
Limax bilobatus A. Férussac, 1819 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Limax pallidus Schrenk, 1848 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Limax pycnoblennius Bourguignat, 1861 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Limax veranyanus Bourguignat, 1862 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
(of Limax agrestis 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
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original description
(of Limax agrestis 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
page(s): 652 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Limax pallidus Schrenk, 1848) Schrenk, A. von. (1848). Über der Land- und Süsswasser-Mollusken Livlands. <em>Bulletin de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou.</em> 21: 135–185., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34377691 [details]
original description (of Agriolimax pallidus var. fusconotatus Lessona & Pollonera, 1882) Lessona, M.; Pollonera, C. (1882). <i>Monografia dei limacidi italiani</i>. 82 pp., pl. 1-3. Torino (Ermanno Loescher).
page(s): 51 [details]
original description (of Agriolimax pallidus var. immaculatus Lessona & Pollonera, 1882) Lessona, M.; Pollonera, C. (1882). <i>Monografia dei limacidi italiani</i>. 82 pp., pl. 1-3. Torino (Ermanno Loescher).
page(s): 51 [details]
original description (of Limacella obliqua Brard, 1815) Brard, C.-P. (1815). Histoire des coquilles terrestres et fluviatiles qui vivent aux environs de Paris. 1-240 + 1-19, pls. 1-10. J. J. Pashoud, Paris-Geneve.
page(s): 118, PI. IV, fig. 5, 6 et 10, 14 et 15 [details]
original description (of Krynickillus minutus Kaleniczenko, 1851) Kaleniczenko, J. (1851). Description d'un nouveau genre de Limaces de la Russie méridionale. Bulletin de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou, 24 (1): 215-228, pl. 5-6. Moskva., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44111223
page(s): 224, plate 5, fig. 3 [details]
original description (of Limax pycnoblennius Bourguignat, 1861) Bourguignat, J.-R. (1861-1862). Note sur divers Limaciens nouveaux ou peu connus. <em>Revue et Magasin de Zoologie.</em> (2) 13 (6): 251-263, pl. 8 (1861); (2) 13 [«1861»] (12): pl. 16 fig. 9 (1862). Paris.
page(s): 263 [details]
original description (of Agriolimax agrestis var. turkestanus Simroth, 1902) Simroth, H. (1902). <i>Die Nacktschneckenfauna des Russischen Reiches</i>. XII + 321 pp., plate 1-8, 9a-b, 10-26, map 1-10. St.-Petersburg (Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften (Note: Stated publ. date 1901; but see Zoologisches Centralblatt, 9: 702 „Die... im Sommer 1902 herausgegebene Monographie“)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32173528
page(s): 149 [details]
original description (of Agriolimax transcaucasicus Simroth, 1902) Simroth, H. (1902). <i>Die Nacktschneckenfauna des Russischen Reiches</i>. XII + 321 pp., plate 1-8, 9a-b, 10-26, map 1-10. St.-Petersburg (Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften (Note: Stated publ. date 1901; but see Zoologisches Centralblatt, 9: 702 „Die... im Sommer 1902 herausgegebene Monographie“)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32173528
page(s): 155, pl. XVI, fig. 18-30 [details]
original description (of Agriolimax transcaucasicus var. coeciger Simroth, 1902) Simroth, H. (1902). <i>Die Nacktschneckenfauna des Russischen Reiches</i>. XII + 321 pp., plate 1-8, 9a-b, 10-26, map 1-10. St.-Petersburg (Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften (Note: Stated publ. date 1901; but see Zoologisches Centralblatt, 9: 702 „Die... im Sommer 1902 herausgegebene Monographie“)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32173528
page(s): 157 [details]
original description (of Limax (Agriolimax) fedtschenkoni C. Koch & Heynemann, 1874) Koch, C. & Heynemann, F. (1874). Neue Nacktschnecken aus Turkestan. <em>Jahrbücher der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft.</em> 1: 151-153., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16295281
page(s): 153 [details]
original description (of Agriolimax paradisiacus Gambetta, 1932) Gambetta, L. (1932). Molluschi. In: E. Festa (ed.), <i>Il Parco Nazionale del Gran Paradiso</i>, III: 3-8.
page(s): 6 [details]
additional source Lupu, D. (1976). Deroceras agreste L., 1758 et Deroceras altenai n. sp. (Gastropoda, Pulmonata) en Roumanie. Travaux du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle Grigore Antipa, 17: 9-16. Bucureşti. [details] Available for editors [request]
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): 141, Fig. 75A [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Ingram, W. M. (1946). <i>Deroceras agreste</i> feeding on <i>Armadillidium vulgare</i>. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 60(1): 34-35., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8523711 [details]
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).
page(s): 150 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 652 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Limax pallidus Schrenk, 1848) Schrenk, A. von. (1848). Über der Land- und Süsswasser-Mollusken Livlands. <em>Bulletin de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou.</em> 21: 135–185., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34377691 [details]
original description (of Agriolimax pallidus var. fusconotatus Lessona & Pollonera, 1882) Lessona, M.; Pollonera, C. (1882). <i>Monografia dei limacidi italiani</i>. 82 pp., pl. 1-3. Torino (Ermanno Loescher).
page(s): 51 [details]
original description (of Agriolimax pallidus var. immaculatus Lessona & Pollonera, 1882) Lessona, M.; Pollonera, C. (1882). <i>Monografia dei limacidi italiani</i>. 82 pp., pl. 1-3. Torino (Ermanno Loescher).
page(s): 51 [details]
original description (of Limacella obliqua Brard, 1815) Brard, C.-P. (1815). Histoire des coquilles terrestres et fluviatiles qui vivent aux environs de Paris. 1-240 + 1-19, pls. 1-10. J. J. Pashoud, Paris-Geneve.
page(s): 118, PI. IV, fig. 5, 6 et 10, 14 et 15 [details]
original description (of Krynickillus minutus Kaleniczenko, 1851) Kaleniczenko, J. (1851). Description d'un nouveau genre de Limaces de la Russie méridionale. Bulletin de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou, 24 (1): 215-228, pl. 5-6. Moskva., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44111223
page(s): 224, plate 5, fig. 3 [details]
original description (of Limax pycnoblennius Bourguignat, 1861) Bourguignat, J.-R. (1861-1862). Note sur divers Limaciens nouveaux ou peu connus. <em>Revue et Magasin de Zoologie.</em> (2) 13 (6): 251-263, pl. 8 (1861); (2) 13 [«1861»] (12): pl. 16 fig. 9 (1862). Paris.
page(s): 263 [details]
original description (of Agriolimax agrestis var. turkestanus Simroth, 1902) Simroth, H. (1902). <i>Die Nacktschneckenfauna des Russischen Reiches</i>. XII + 321 pp., plate 1-8, 9a-b, 10-26, map 1-10. St.-Petersburg (Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften (Note: Stated publ. date 1901; but see Zoologisches Centralblatt, 9: 702 „Die... im Sommer 1902 herausgegebene Monographie“)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32173528
page(s): 149 [details]
original description (of Agriolimax transcaucasicus Simroth, 1902) Simroth, H. (1902). <i>Die Nacktschneckenfauna des Russischen Reiches</i>. XII + 321 pp., plate 1-8, 9a-b, 10-26, map 1-10. St.-Petersburg (Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften (Note: Stated publ. date 1901; but see Zoologisches Centralblatt, 9: 702 „Die... im Sommer 1902 herausgegebene Monographie“)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32173528
page(s): 155, pl. XVI, fig. 18-30 [details]
original description (of Agriolimax transcaucasicus var. coeciger Simroth, 1902) Simroth, H. (1902). <i>Die Nacktschneckenfauna des Russischen Reiches</i>. XII + 321 pp., plate 1-8, 9a-b, 10-26, map 1-10. St.-Petersburg (Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften (Note: Stated publ. date 1901; but see Zoologisches Centralblatt, 9: 702 „Die... im Sommer 1902 herausgegebene Monographie“)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32173528
page(s): 157 [details]
original description (of Limax (Agriolimax) fedtschenkoni C. Koch & Heynemann, 1874) Koch, C. & Heynemann, F. (1874). Neue Nacktschnecken aus Turkestan. <em>Jahrbücher der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft.</em> 1: 151-153., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16295281
page(s): 153 [details]
original description (of Agriolimax paradisiacus Gambetta, 1932) Gambetta, L. (1932). Molluschi. In: E. Festa (ed.), <i>Il Parco Nazionale del Gran Paradiso</i>, III: 3-8.
page(s): 6 [details]
additional source Lupu, D. (1976). Deroceras agreste L., 1758 et Deroceras altenai n. sp. (Gastropoda, Pulmonata) en Roumanie. Travaux du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle Grigore Antipa, 17: 9-16. Bucureşti. [details] Available for editors
[request]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): 141, Fig. 75A [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Ingram, W. M. (1946). <i>Deroceras agreste</i> feeding on <i>Armadillidium vulgare</i>. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 60(1): 34-35., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8523711 [details]
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).
page(s): 150 [details] Available for editors
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Syntype (of Limax pycnoblennius Bourguignat, 1861) MHNG-MOLL 102462 [details]
