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Limacus flavus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Yellow Gardenslug
Family: Limacidae
Species account author: Robert Forsyth.
Introduction to the Land Snails of BC

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Distribution of Limacus flavus in British Columbia in British Columbia

Species Information

A large slug; yellowish with grey mottling; mantle with a fingerprint-like pattern of fine ridges; tentacles rather bluish; keel near end of tail only.

Habitat


Gardens; disturbed sites

Distribution


Europe, N Africa, Asia Minor

Notes


Etymology
br> Genus name derived from the Latin, "Limax", meaning "slug"; the gender is masculine. Species epithet, Latin, meaning "yellow".

Status Information

Origin StatusProvincial StatusBC List
(Red Blue List)		COSEWIC
ExoticSNAExoticNot Listed



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Synonyms and Alternate Names

Limax flavus Linnaeus, 1758

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