Molluscs
🐚Limax maximus
Limax maximus Linnaeus, 1758
大蛞蝓（學名：Limax maximus，直譯即大蛞蝓）是蛞蝓屬的模式種，是體型最大的一種蛞蝓，體長在20—40 cm（7.9—15.7英寸）之間。它原產於地中海附近地區，後來引入世界其他地區。
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Also called
Leopard slug
Conservation status
LCLeast concern
IUCN Red List assessment, 2017.
Population trendStable
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- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumMollusca
- ›classGastropoda
- ›orderStylommatophora
- ›familyLimacidae
- ›genusLimax
- ›speciesLimax maximus
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- 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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