Basic info Taxonomic history Classification Included Taxa
Morphology Ecology and taphonomy External Literature Search Age range and collections

Limacidae

Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Limacidae

Taxonomy
Limacidae was named by Lamarck (1801). It is extant. Its type is Limax.

It was assigned to Limacoidea by Harzhauser and Kowalke (2002), Bouchet et al. (2005) and Bouchet et al. (2017).

Subtaxa
Lehmannia, Limax (type genus)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1801Limacidae Lamarck
2002Limacidae Harzhauser and Kowalke p. 76
2005Limacidae Bouchet et al. p. 269
2017Limacidae Bouchet et al. p. 365

Is something missing? Join the Paleobiology Database and enter the data

RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
orderHeterostropha()
infraclassEuthyneura(Spengel 1881)
RankNameAuthor
—TectipleuraSchrödl et al. 2011
—PanpulmonataJörger et al. 2010
superorderEupulmonata(Haszprunar and Huber 1990)
suborderGeophila(Férussac 1819)
orderStylommatophora(Schmidt 1856)
suborderHelicina
infraorderLimacoidei
superfamilyLimacoideaLamarck 1801
familyLimacidaeLamarck 1801
familyLimacidaeLamarck 1801

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Fm. Limacidae Lamarck 1801
show all | hide all
G. Lehmannia Heynemann 1863
hide
†Lehmannia excavata Andreae 1904
G. Limax Linnaeus 1758
hide
†Limax fossilis Sacco 1896
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Environment: terrestrialf
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalc
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2017-04-17 10:21:47
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:21:47
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Middle Pleistocene or 20.44000 to 0.12900 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 20.0 Ma

Collections (49 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Agenian23.03 - 20.0Switzerland (Fribourg) Limacidae indet. (203089 203090 203092 203093)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Greece (Lesvos) Limax sp. (186558)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Switzerland (Aargau) Limax sp. (201974)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Serbia and Montenegro (Serbia) Limax crassa (39714)
MN 416.9 - 15.97Austria Limax sp. (231081)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Germany (Bavaria) Limax sp. (34615)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Germany (Bayern) Limax sp. (44977 45598 45602 45612)
MN 515.97 - 13.65Germany Limax sp. (231110)
MN 5 - MN 615.97 - 12.75Germany (Bayern) Limax sp. (48471)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Switzerland (Aargau) Limax sp. (201976)
MN 613.65 - 12.75Portugal (Santarém) Limax sp. (38137)
MN 613.65 - 12.75Poland Lehmannia excavata (231087) Limax excavatus (231086)
MN 613.65 - 12.75Germany (Bayern) Limax sp. (45603)
MN 6 - MN 7 + 813.65 - 11.1Hungary (Nograd) Limax crassus (167497 167509)
MN 7 + 812.75 - 11.1Switzerland (Thurgau) Limax sp. (46277)
Sarmatian12.7 - 11.608Austria Limax sp. (77428 175587)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Turkey (Central Anatolia) Limax crassissimus (37186)
MN 911.1 - 9.7Austria Limax spp. (231088)
MN 911.1 - 9.7Hungary (Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén) Limacidae indet. I, Limacidae indet. II (75481)
MN 109.7 - 8.7Austria Limax spp. (231090)
MN 118.7 - 7.75Austria (Niederoesterreich) Limax spp. (32649 231092)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333Russian Federation (Rostovskaya Oblast') Limax sp. (174455)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333Greece (Central Macedonia) Limax sp. (32189)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Italy Limax fossilis (172917 172924 172925)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Italy (Piedmont) Limax fossilis (172910 172912 172914 172915 172916 199859 199860)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Italy (Tuscany) Limax sp. (51778)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117France (Haute-Normandie Region) Limax sp. (36426)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129France (Haute-Normandie Region) Limax sp. (36390 36391)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Italy (Abruzzo) Limax sp. (68337)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Hungary (Borsodabaujzemplen) Limax sp. (35472)