Limax cinereoniger

Limax cinereoniger is a large species of air-breathing land slug in the terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk family Limacidae, the keelback slugs. This is the largest land slug species in the world.

Distribution

This slug is native to Europe. It is recorded in most of Europe, including Bulgaria, Czech Republic (where it is of least concern),Italy, Netherlands,Slovakia, Great Britain, Ireland, Finland, and Ukraine, and only missing in Scandinavia and in the extreme South.

Description

With a maximum length exceeding 20 centimeters, this species is the largest land slug.

Habitat

This species lives in woodlands and occasionally parks.

Parasites

Parasites of Limax cinereoniger include nematodes of genus Elaphostrongylus and Agfa flexilis.

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