Ambigolimax nyctelius | |
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Scientific classification | |
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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