Molluscs
🐚Limax maximus
Limax maximus Linnaeus, 1758
De grote aardslak of tijgerslak (Limax maximus) is een naaktslak uit de familie van de aardslakken. De soort wordt daarnaast ook wel grote raspschelp genoemd.
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Also called
Leopard slug
Conservation status
LCLeast concern
IUCN Red List assessment, 2017.
Population trendStable
Key measurements
- Body mass
- not recorded
- Body length
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- Shoulder height
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- Top speed
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- Bite force
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- Maximum lifespan
- not recorded
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Where it sits
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumMollusca
- ›classGastropoda
- ›orderStylommatophora
- ›familyLimacidae
- ›genusLimax
- ›speciesLimax maximus
Full lineage
- phylumMolluscs · Mollusca
- classSnails & slugs · Gastropoda
- familyLimacidae
- genusLimax
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- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumMolluscs · Mollusca
- classSnails & slugs · Gastropoda
- superfamilyLimacoidea
- familyLimacidae
- genusLimax
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In other languages
slimák největší (cs), pantterietana (fi), Boakjølsnegl (nb), Grote aardslak (nl), Pomrów wielki (pl), Большой придорожный слизень (ru) … and 19 more languages
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