MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Limacinae Batsch, 1789

ERMS taxon details

Limacinae Batsch, 1789

AphiaID

994986 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:994986)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Subfamily

Type taxon

Limax Linnaeus, 1758

Parent

Limacidae Batsch, 1789

Original name

Limacidae Batsch, 1789

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Genus Limax Linnaeus, 1758

Environment

~~marine~~, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, terrestrial

Original description

(of Limacidae Batsch, 1789) Batsch A. J. G. C. (1789). Versuch einer Anleitung, zur Kenntniß und Geschichte der Thiere und Mineralien, für akademische Vorlesungen entworfen, und mit den nöthigsten Abbildungen versehen. Vol. 2. Besondre Geschichte der Insekten, Gewürme und Mineralien. Jena: Akademische Buchhandlung. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44299736
page(s): 665; note: original spelling Limacina, established at the rank of family to contain the "snails" [Schnecken], including the genus Limax. [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Limacinae Batsch, 1789. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026) European Register of Marine Species at: https://marbef.org/data/aphia.php/js/js/10.1080/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=994986 on 2026-05-15

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Limacinae Batsch, 1789. Accessed at: http://marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=994986 on 2026-05-15

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2017-06-14 08:45:32Z

created

Bank, Ruud

2021-09-30 11:47:15Z

changed

Páll-Gergely, Barna

2026-02-21 06:36:37Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

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original description (of Limacidae Batsch, 1789) Batsch A. J. G. C. (1789). Versuch einer Anleitung, zur Kenntniß und Geschichte der Thiere und Mineralien, für akademische Vorlesungen entworfen, und mit den nöthigsten Abbildungen versehen. Vol. 2. Besondre Geschichte der Insekten, Gewürme und Mineralien. Jena: Akademische Buchhandlung. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44299736
page(s): 665; note: original spelling Limacina, established at the rank of family to contain the "snails" [Schnecken], including the genus Limax. [details]

context source (MSBIAS) Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. (2023). 2019 The Marine Biological Association of the UK (MBA) Wembury Bioblitz survey. The Archive for Marine Species and Habitats Data (DASSH). , available online at https://portal.medin.org.uk/portal/start.php#details?tpc=010_71a02145fae5466afe757cd48b999ded [details]

basis of record Hutchinson, J. M. C., Schlitt, B. & Reise, H. (2026). Ambigolimax, Lehmannia and other limacid slugs (Gastropoda: Stylommatophora); what their DNA tells us about phylogeny, taxonomy and phylogeography. Journal of Molluscan Studies. 92: eyaf031. [12 February]. [details] Available for editors

basis of record Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16th, 2017. [details]

additional source Bouchet P., Rocroi J.P., Hausdorf B., Kaim A., Kano Y., Nützel A., Parkhaev P., Schrödl M. & Strong E.E. (2017). Revised classification, nomenclator and typification of gastropod and monoplacophoran families. Malacologia. 61(1-2): 1-526., available online at https://doi.org/10.4002/040.061.0201
page(s): 140; note: Name earlier attributed to Lamarck (1801: 62), but shown by Dubois & Bour (2010) to be attributable to Batsch. -inae [as subfamily Limacidia], Rafinesque (1815); -oidea, H. B. Baker (1956a: 132) [details] Available for editors

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