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    Species Accepted

    Limax maximus Linnaeus, 1758

    European giant gardenslug

    Classification and descendants

    Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Recorded as introduced in 18 countries or islands

      18 results
      Introduced inAccording toInvasiveOccurrences in GBIF
      nullYesUnknown
      nullYesUnknown
      nullYesUnknown
      ArgentinaNo
      BrazilNo
      EstoniaNo
      IcelandNo
      JapanNo
      LatviaNo
      MexicoNo

      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

      2 results

      Bibliography

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      14 results
      Dyntaxa. Svensk taxonomisk databas
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      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. https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=292503
      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). https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=292492
      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.
      da Silva e Castro, J. (1873). Mollusques terrestres et fluviatiles du Portugal. Espèces nouvelles ou peu connues. Jornal de Sciencias Mathematicas, Physicas E Naturaes, Academia Real Das Sciencias de Lisboa, 15: 241–246. Lisboa. https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=440260
      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
      Wiktor, A. (2007). A check-list of terrestrial slugs of Turkey with some new data and a description of a new species (Gastropoda terrestrial nuda). Folia Malacologica, 15 (3): 95–107. Poznań [21 December]. https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=298729
      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.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm], 1. https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.542 10.5962/bhl.title.542
      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). https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=296119

      Citation

      Limax maximus Linnaeus, 1758 in undefined