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Taxonomy
Family:
LIMACIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> Euthyneura (Infraclass)
> Tectipleura (Subterclass)
> Eupulmonata (Superorder)
> Stylommatophora (Order)
> Helicina (Suborder)
> Limacoidei (Infraorder)
> Limacoidea (Superfamily)
> Limacidae (Family)
> Limacus (Genus)
> flavus (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Limax (Limacus) Lehmann, 1864
=Plepticolimax Malm, 1868
=Simrothia Clessin, 1884
Synonymised Names:
=Limax (Limacus) flavus Linnaeus, 1758
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Taxonomy
Family:
LIMACIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> Euthyneura (Infraclass)
> Tectipleura (Subterclass)
> Eupulmonata (Superorder)
> Stylommatophora (Order)
> Helicina (Suborder)
> Limacoidei (Infraorder)
> Limacoidea (Superfamily)
> Limacidae (Family)
> Limacus (Genus)
> flavus (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Limax (Limacus) Lehmann, 1864
=Plepticolimax Malm, 1868
=Simrothia Clessin, 1884
Synonymised Names:
=Limax (Limacus) flavus Linnaeus, 1758
Details: Limacus flavus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Distribution:
North and South Island
Geographical Range:
L.N.S.
Notes:
Land
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Murphy, J., Hazelwood, B.F. Jun/2003 Yellow Cellar Slug, Poirieria, 29 (p.14)
  • Barker, G.M. 1999 Naturalised Terrestrial Stylommatophora (Mollusca: Gastropoda), Fauna of New Zealand, Manaaki Whenua Press (p.81)

Key to Geographical Ranges
NZ Map showing Geographical Ranges
The symbols K.A.C.F.M.An. are used to indicate the geographical range of the species. They have been adopted to give an approximation of the range of each species within New Zealand.
K=
Kermadec Islands
A=
Aupourian - Kaipara Harbour, north around North Cape, encompassing the Three Kings Islands and south to East Cape
C=
Cookian - Lower North Island and the northern part of the South Island
F=
Forsterian - Otago, Fiordland and Stewart Island
M=
Moriorian - Chatham Islands, Pitt Island
An=
Antipodean - Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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