Limacidae


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Noun 1. Limacidae - slugs
mollusk family - a family of mollusks
class Gasteropoda, class Gastropoda, Gasteropoda, Gastropoda - snails and slugs and their relatives
genus Limax, Limax - a genus of Limacidae
slug - any of various terrestrial gastropods having an elongated slimy body and no external shell
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Two other species of the family Limacidae are reported in Brazil, Limax maximus Linnaeus, 1758 e Lehmannia valentiana (Ferussac, 1822) (THOME & GOMES, 2011).
(2005) found that copper hydroxide affected feeding by Deroceras laeve (Muller, 1774) (Gastropoda: Agrolimacidae) and Ambiogolimax valentianus (Lehmannia valentiana) (Ferussac, 1822) (Gastropoda: Limacidae) in choice tests; similarly, Capinera & Dickens (2016) reported that 2 species of snails (Ventridens demissus [A.
In terrestrial snails such as the helicids, Limacidae, and other Stylommatophora, increased undulation and subsequent propulsion over land are maximized by a long, broad, muscular foot, accompanied by a subparallel rotation of the shell, which decreases the center of gravity (Miller.
Group Family Species Count % Total Captures P tenuis Vectors Slug Limacidae Deroceras laeve 906 26.0 Slug Limacidae Deroceras sp.
Moluscos terrestres do Brasil (Gastropodes operculados ou nao, exclusive Veronicellidae, Milacidae e Limacidae).
(36.3876S 148.4270E, 1735 m ASL) 3 Mar 2010 on Poa spp., Striped Field Slug Lehmannia nyctelia Bourguignat (Limacidae) from NSW (35.8003S 148.6761E, 1213 m ASL) on Kangaroo Grass Themeda triandra (R.Br.) Stapf grassland 1 Mar 2011 and an European Earwig Forficula auricularia L.

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