Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Mollusca - (Class) Gastropoda - (Order) Eupulmonata - (Family) Limacidae

Original position

Mollusca (Order) Linnaeus, 1758

Subsequent positions

Limacidae (Family) Batsch, 1789

Original entries

Limax agrestis Linnaeus, 1758
Limax ater Linnaeus, 1758
Limax flavus Linnaeus, 1758
Limax maximus Linnaeus, 1758
Limax rufus Linnaeus, 1758

Current position

Limacinae (Subfamily) Batsch, 1789

Ref: B. Grzimek, 1973-1975

Alternative positions

Limacidae (Family) Batsch, 1789	Ref: V.G. Millard, 1997: 303.
Mollusca (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: [von] Linné, C., 1767: 1081.

Historical positions

Stylommatophora (Suborder) Schmidt, 1855	Ref: E.E. Ruppert et al., 2004: 343. [rough position]
Limacidae (Family) Batsch, 1789	Ref: V.G. Millard, 1997: 303.
Stylommatophora (Order) Schmidt, 1855	Ref: R.C. Brusca & G.J. Brusca, 1990
Stylommatophora (Order) Schmidt, 1855	Ref: T.I. Storer et al., 1979
Pulmonata (Order) Cuvier, 1814	Ref: E.R. Lankester, 1877: 448. [rough position]
Mollusca (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: C. a Linné, 1767: 1072, 1081.
Mollusca (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: C. Linnaeus, 1758: 644, 652. [new position]

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	3s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000	[5s]
1758	C. Linnaeus	[5s]