Family Limacidae Batsch, 1789
Subfamily Limacinae Batsch, 1789
Genus Ambigolimax Pollonera, 1887
- Ambigolimax Pollonera 1887: 2; type species by monotypy: Limax valentianus A. Férussac in A. Férussac & Deshayes, 1822.
Etymology. Latin, ambigu, + limax, a slug. Masculine gender.
Ambigolimax valentianus (A. Férussac in A. Férussac & Deshayes, 1821)
Genus Lehmannia Heynemann, 1863
- Lehmannia Heynemann 1863: 211; type species by monotypy: Limax marginatus O. F. Müller, 1774.
Pilsbry (1948) and others have treated Lehmannia as a subgenus of Limax, but the consensus now is to recognise it as a separate genus. See also Ambigolimax.
Etymology. Named for German malacologist Rudolph Lehmann (1812–1871). Feminine.
Lehmannia marginata (O. F. Müller, 1774)
Genus Limacus Lehmann, 1864
- Limacus Lehmann 1864: 145; type species by original designation: Limax breckworthianus Lehmann, 1863 (= Limax flavus Linnaeus, 1758)
An alternative classification treats Limacus as a subgenus of Limax.
Etymology. Latin: derived from limax, slug; masculine.
Limacus flavus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Genus Limax Linnaeus, 1758
- Limax Linnaeus 1758: 652; type species (ICZN 1926, Opinion 94): Limax maximus Linnaeus, 1758.
Etymology. Latin: limax, “slug”. Masculine.