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    Species Accepted

    Limax maximus Linnaeus, 1758

    European giant gardenslug
    EukaryotaAnimalia...Limax
    IUCNLeast Concern

    Classification and descendants

    Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Synonyms and combinations

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      Recorded as introduced in 19 countries or islands

      19 results
      Introduced inAccording toInvasiveOccurrences in GBIF
      nullYesUnknown
      nullYesUnknown
      nullYesUnknown
      ArgentinaNo
      BrazilNo
      EstoniaNo
      IcelandNo
      JapanNo
      LatviaNo
      MexicoNo
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      Vernacular names

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      21 results
      European giant gardenslug English
      Grote aardslak Dutch
      Große Egelschnecke German
      Großer Schnegel German
      Gråsnegl Danish
      Leopardsnegl Danish
      Limace léopard French
      Pantersnegl Danish
      Plettet gråsnegl Danish
      Stor kældersnegl Danish

      Treatments

      Source: Catalogue of Life
      2 results
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      Bibliography

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      12 results
      Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.542 10.5962/bhl.title.542Published in
      Bourguignat, J.-R. (1869). Catalogue des Mollusques terrestres et fluviatiles des environs de Paris à l’époque quaternaire. In: Belgrand, F.E. (ed.) Histoire générale de Paris. La Seine. i. Le Bassin Parisien aux âges antéhistoriques. Annexe. Imprimerie Impériale, Paris, 32 pp., 3 pls.
      Müller, O. F. (1774). Vermium terrestrium et fluviatilium, seu animalium infusorium, Helminthicorum, et testaceorum, non marinorum, succincta historia. vol 2. Havniae et Lipsiae, apud Heineck et Faber, ex officina Mölleriana. I-XXXVI, 1-214 pp, 10 unnumbered pages. https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.12733 10.5962/bhl.title.12733
      Nunneley, T. (1837). A description of the internal structure of various limaces, found in the neighbourhood of Leeds. Transactions of the Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society, 1: 41–79.
      Fontaine, B., Bichain, J. M., Cucherat, X., Gargominy, O. & Prié, V. 2010. Les noms français des mollusques continentaux de France : processus d'établissement d'une liste de référence. Revue d'Ecologie (La Terre et la Vie), 65: 1-25.
      Bourguignat, J.-R. (1864). Malacologie de la Grande-Chartreuse. 1–103, 9 unnumbered pls (panoramic landscapes) + pls 1–8 (duplicate plates: both in b/w and in colour), Paris (F. Savy).
      Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017, Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978–3–662–52869–3. XII, 574 pp. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-52869-3 10.1007/978-3-662-52869-3
      Draparnaud, J.-P.-R. (1805). Histoire naturelle des mollusques terrestres et fluviatiles de la France. 2 pp. (Avertissement a sa Majesté l’Impératrice), 2 pp. Rapport, i–viii (Préface), 1–164, pl. 1–13, 1 p. Errata. [< 22 September]. Paris (Levrault & Schoell). https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.12856 10.5962/bhl.title.12856
      Moquin-Tandon, A. (1855). Histoire naturelle des mollusques terrestres et fluviatiles de France. Tome premier (1): i–viii, 1–14 + Atlas: 1–16, pl. 1–9 (12 April 1855); (2): 145–256 + Atlas: 17–32, pl. 10–18 (4 May 1855); (3): 257–416 + Atlas: 33–48, pl. 19–27 (1 August 1855). Tome second (4): i–iii, 1–176 + Atlas: 49–64, pl. 28–36 (10 September 1855).
      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. https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.16338 10.5962/bhl.title.16338

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