Ambigolimax nyctelius

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Ambigolimax nyctelius
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Superfamily: Limacoidea
Family: Limacidae
Genus: Ambigolimax
Species:
A. nyctelius
Binomial name
Ambigolimax nyctelius
(Bourguignat, 1861)

The name Ambigolimax nyctelius (and similarly Lehmannia nyctelia and Limax nyctelius) has been used to refer to several species of air-breathing land slugs (terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs) in the family Limacidae. An article published in 2022 [1] revealed this confusion and furthermore showed that the original description applied to a slug species in a different family. The above names are therefore no longer appropriate and care is need to interpret the meaning of earlier usages. [2]

The following five species were confused: [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 Hutchinson, John M.C.; Reise, Heike; Schlitt, Bettina (30 June 2022). "Will the real Limax nyctelius please step forward: Lehmannia, Ambigolimax, or Malacolimax? No, Letourneuxia!". Archiv für Molluskenkunde. 151 (1): 19–41. doi:10.1127/arch.moll/151/019-041.
  2. "Ambigolimax nyctelius (Bourguignat, 1861)". Molluscabase. Flanders Marine Institute. Retrieved 16 July 2022.
  3. "Letourneuxia nyctelia (Bourguignat, 1861)". Molluscabase. Flanders Marine Institute. Retrieved 16 July 2022.
  4. "Ambigolimax waterstoni Hutchinson, Reise & Schlitt, 2022". Molluscabase. Flanders Marine Institute. Retrieved 16 July 2022.
  5. "Ambigolimax parvipenis Hutchinson, Reise & Schlitt, 2022". Molluscabase. Flanders Marine Institute. Retrieved 16 July 2022.
  6. "Lehmannia carpatica Hutchinson, Reise & Schlitt, 2022". Molluscabase. Flanders Marine Institute. Retrieved 16 July 2022.
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