Elisolimax flavescens

Elisolimax flavescens
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Stylommatophora
Family:	Helicarionidae
Genus:	Elisolimax
Species:	E. flavescens
Binomial name
	Elisolimax flavescens;

Last updated March 25, 2025

Elisolimax flavescens is a species of air-breathing land snail or semislug, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Helicarionidae or Urocyclidae.^[1]^{[ clarification needed ]}

Identified in 1866 by naturalist Wilhelm Moritz Keferstein, this species occurs primarily in southeastern Africa.^[2] It has not yet become established in the US, but it is considered to represent a potentially serious threat as a pest, an invasive species which could negatively affect agriculture, natural ecosystems, human health or commerce. Therefore, it has been suggested that this species be given top national quarantine significance in the USA.^[1]

References

1 2 Cowie R. H., Dillon R. T., Robinson D. G. & Smith J. W. (2009). "Alien non-marine snails and slugs of priority quarantine importance in the United States: A preliminary risk assessment". American Malacological Bulletin27: 113-132. PDF.
↑ Herbert, David. The Introduced Terrestrial Mollusca of South Africa , p. 14 (South African National Biodiversity Institute, 2010).

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[Cowie2009-1] 1 2 Cowie R. H., Dillon R. T., Robinson D. G. & Smith J. W. (2009). "Alien non-marine snails and slugs of priority quarantine importance in the United States: A preliminary risk assessment". American Malacological Bulletin27: 113-132. PDF.

[2] Herbert, David. The Introduced Terrestrial Mollusca of South Africa , p. 14 (South African National Biodiversity Institute, 2010).

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