MolluscaBase taxon details
Deroceras reticulatum (O. F. Müller, 1774)
819965 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:819965)
accepted
Species
Agriolimax agrestis reticulatus (O. F. Müller, 1774) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Agriolimax drymonius (Bourguignat, 1859) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (junior synonym)
Agriolimax reticulatus (O. F. Müller, 1774) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Agriolimax simrothi T. D. A. Cockerell, 1893 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Deroceras (Deroceras) reticulatum (O. F. Müller, 1774) · alternative representation
Deroceras altenai Lupu, 1976 · unaccepted
Limax (Krynickillus) nicensis Bourguignat, 1880 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Limax (Krynickillus) niciensis G. Nevill, 1880 · unaccepted
Limax agrestis var. niger Morelet, 1845 · unaccepted
Limax drymonius Bourguignat, 1859 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Limax legrandi Tate, 1881 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Limax molestus F. W. Hutton, 1879 · unaccepted
Limax reticulatus O. F. Müller, 1774 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Limax tunicata A. Gould, 1841 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
(of Limax reticulatus O. F. Müller, 1774) Müller, O. F. (1774). <i>Vermium terrestrium et fluviatilium, seu animalium infusorium, Helminthicorum, et testaceorum, non marinorum, succincta historia</i>. vol 2. Havniae et Lipsiae, apud Heineck et Faber, ex officina Mölleriana. I-XXXVI, 1-214 pp, 10 unnumbered pages. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12893715
page(s): 10 [details]
page(s): 10 [details]
Note Denmark, Fridrichsdal near Copenhagen
Type locality Denmark, Fridrichsdal near Copenhagen [details]
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original description
(of Limax legrandi Tate, 1881) Tate, R. (1881). On some Australian slugs, chiefly Tasmanian. <em>Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania.</em> 1880: 15-18., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10134414
page(s): 16 [details]
original description (of Limax reticulatus O. F. Müller, 1774) Müller, O. F. (1774). <i>Vermium terrestrium et fluviatilium, seu animalium infusorium, Helminthicorum, et testaceorum, non marinorum, succincta historia</i>. vol 2. Havniae et Lipsiae, apud Heineck et Faber, ex officina Mölleriana. I-XXXVI, 1-214 pp, 10 unnumbered pages. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12893715
page(s): 10 [details]
original description (of Limax tunicata A. Gould, 1841) Gould, A.A. (1841). Report on the Invertebrata of Massachusetts, Comprising the Mollusca, Crustacea, Annelida, and Radiata. <em>Published Agreeably to an Order of the Legislature, by the Commissioners on the Zoological and Botanical Survey of the State. Folsom, Wells, and Thurston, Cambridge,.</em> xiii + 373 pp., 15 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/76081
page(s): 3 [details]
original description (of Agriolimax simrothi T. D. A. Cockerell, 1893) Cockerell, T. D. A. & Collinge, W. E. (1893). A check-list of the slugs. With appendix and notes by Walter E. Collinge. <em>The Conchologist.</em> 2 (7/8): 168-176, 185-232. Birmingham., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16073217
page(s): 176 [details]
original description (of Deroceras altenai Lupu, 1976) Lupu, D. (1976). Deroceras agreste L., 1758 et Deroceras altenai n. sp. (Gastropoda, Pulmonata) en Roumanie. Travaux du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle Grigore Antipa, 17: 9-16. Bucureşti.
page(s): 10 [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Limax agrestis var. niger Morelet, 1845) Morelet, A. (1845). <i>Description des mollusques terrestres et fluviatiles du Portugal</i>. Baillière, Paris. i-vii + 1-115 [+ 1]., 14 pls. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12988736
page(s): 34 [details]
original description (of Limax molestus F. W. Hutton, 1879) Hutton, F. W. (1879). Description of some new slugs. <em>Transactions of the New Zealand Institute.</em> 11: 331-332., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34797484#page/387/mode/1up
page(s): 331 [details]
original description (of Limax (Krynickillus) niciensis G. Nevill, 1880) Nevill, G. (1880). On the land-shells, extinct and living, of the neighbourhood of Menton (Alpes Maritimes); with descriptions of a new genus and of several new species. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1880: 94-142, Pls. 13, 14., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28522212
page(s): 103; note: Nevill attributes this taxon to Bourguignat. [details]
original description (of Limax drymonius Bourguignat, 1859) Bourguignat, J.-R. (1859). Aménités Malacologiques. Tome second. <em>J. B. Baillière, Paris.</em> 216 pp.
page(s): 143 [details]
context source (RAS) Frenot, Y.; Chown, S. L.; Whinam, J.; Selkirk, P. M.; Convey, P.; Skotnicki, M.; Bergstrom, D. M. (2005). Biological invasions in the Antarctic: extent, impacts and implications. <em>Biological Reviews.</em> 80(1): 45-72., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s1464793104006542 [details]
basis of record Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details]
additional source Barker, G. M. (1999). Naturalised terrestrial Stylommatophora (Mollusca: Gastropoda). <em>Fauna of New Zealand 38: 1-254.</em> [details]
additional source Herbert, D.G. (2010). The introduced terrestrial Mollusca of South Africa. SANBI Biodiversity Series, 15: vi + 108 pp. Pretoria. [SANBI = South African National Biodiversity Institute].
page(s): 66 [details]
additional source Haas, F. (1951). Remarks on and descriptions of South American non-marine shells. <em>Fieldiana: Zoology.</em> 31(46): 503-545., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2784155
page(s): 507 [details]
additional source Regteren Altena, C. O. van. (1969). Notes sur les limaces 14. Sur trois espèces de Deroceras de la Catalogne dont deux nouvelles. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 107: 101-108. Paris.
page(s): 102, fig. 1a-h [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Sysoev, A. V. & Schileyko, A. A. (2009). Land snails and slugs of Russia and adjacent countries. <em>Sofia/Moskva (Pensoft).</em> 312 pp., 142 plates. [June] [= Pensoft Series Faunistica No 87].
page(s): 144, Fig. 75H, 83C-E [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Wiktor, A. (2000). Agriolimacidae (Gastropoda: Pulmonata) – a systematic monograph. <em>Annales Zoologici.</em> 49(4): 347-590. Warszawa [29 February]., available online at http://rcin.org.pl/Content/57364/WA058_74192_P255-T49_Annal-Zool-Nr-4.pdf [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Griffiths, O.L. & Florens, V.F.B. (2006). A field guide to the non-marine molluscs of the Mascarene Islands (Mauritius, Rodrigues and Réunion) and the northern dependencies of Mauritius. Bioculture Press: Mauritius. Pp. i–xv, 1–185, pls 1-32.
page(s): 110 [details]
additional source Rowson, B. (2007). Land molluscs of Zanzibar Island (Unguja), Tanzania, including a new species of Gulella (Pulmonata: Streptaxidae). <em>Journal of Conchology 39: 425–466.</em>
page(s): 445 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Minato, H. (1988). A systematic and bibliographic list of the Japanese land snails. H. Minato, Shirahama, 294 pp., 7 pls.
page(s): 134 [details]
additional source Naggs, F. & Raheem, D. (2000). Land snail diversity in Sri Lanka. An illustrated guide prepared for the launch of the Darwin Initiative programme. Photography by Harold Taylor. The Natural History Museum, London. pages i-xiii, 1-203. 246 coloured plates. ISBN 0565091514 (printed version), ISBN 0565091565 (compact disc)., available online at https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/tropical-land-snails/taxa.dsml [details]
additional source Espinosa, J. A. & Robinson, D. G. (2021). Annotated checklist of the terrestrial mollusks (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from Hispaniola Island. <em>Novitates Caribaea.</em> 17: 71–146., available online at http://www.novitatescaribaea.do/index.php/novitates/article/view/250
page(s): 118 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Charles, L. (2016). Inventaire de mollusques terrestres de Guadeloupe, Petites Antilles: données préliminaires. <em>Journal MalaCo.</em> 12: 47-56.
page(s): 50 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Breure, A. S. H., Roosen, M. T. & Ablett, J. D. (2022). Land and freshwater molluscs of mainland Ecuador: an illustrated checklist. <em>Iberus.</em> 40(1): 1-290.
page(s): 198 [details]
additional source Ingram, W. M. (1941). The first record of the slug <i>Deroceras reticulatum</i> (Müller) in the United States. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 55(2): 67-68., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8519972 [details]
additional source Sivik, F. P. (1954). A technique for slug culture. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 67(4): 129-130., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8514761 [details]
identification resource Turóci, Á. & Páll-Gergely, B. (2025). Magyarország meztelencsigái [Slugs of Hungary]. HUN-REN Agrártudományi Kutatóközpont (HUN-REN Centre for Agricultural Research), Martonvásár, Hungary, 288 pp. (in Hungarian).
page(s): 163 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 16 [details]
original description (of Limax reticulatus O. F. Müller, 1774) Müller, O. F. (1774). <i>Vermium terrestrium et fluviatilium, seu animalium infusorium, Helminthicorum, et testaceorum, non marinorum, succincta historia</i>. vol 2. Havniae et Lipsiae, apud Heineck et Faber, ex officina Mölleriana. I-XXXVI, 1-214 pp, 10 unnumbered pages. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12893715
page(s): 10 [details]
original description (of Limax tunicata A. Gould, 1841) Gould, A.A. (1841). Report on the Invertebrata of Massachusetts, Comprising the Mollusca, Crustacea, Annelida, and Radiata. <em>Published Agreeably to an Order of the Legislature, by the Commissioners on the Zoological and Botanical Survey of the State. Folsom, Wells, and Thurston, Cambridge,.</em> xiii + 373 pp., 15 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/76081
page(s): 3 [details]
original description (of Agriolimax simrothi T. D. A. Cockerell, 1893) Cockerell, T. D. A. & Collinge, W. E. (1893). A check-list of the slugs. With appendix and notes by Walter E. Collinge. <em>The Conchologist.</em> 2 (7/8): 168-176, 185-232. Birmingham., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16073217
page(s): 176 [details]
original description (of Deroceras altenai Lupu, 1976) Lupu, D. (1976). Deroceras agreste L., 1758 et Deroceras altenai n. sp. (Gastropoda, Pulmonata) en Roumanie. Travaux du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle Grigore Antipa, 17: 9-16. Bucureşti.
page(s): 10 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Limax agrestis var. niger Morelet, 1845) Morelet, A. (1845). <i>Description des mollusques terrestres et fluviatiles du Portugal</i>. Baillière, Paris. i-vii + 1-115 [+ 1]., 14 pls. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12988736
page(s): 34 [details]
original description (of Limax molestus F. W. Hutton, 1879) Hutton, F. W. (1879). Description of some new slugs. <em>Transactions of the New Zealand Institute.</em> 11: 331-332., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34797484#page/387/mode/1up
page(s): 331 [details]
original description (of Limax (Krynickillus) niciensis G. Nevill, 1880) Nevill, G. (1880). On the land-shells, extinct and living, of the neighbourhood of Menton (Alpes Maritimes); with descriptions of a new genus and of several new species. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1880: 94-142, Pls. 13, 14., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28522212
page(s): 103; note: Nevill attributes this taxon to Bourguignat. [details]
original description (of Limax drymonius Bourguignat, 1859) Bourguignat, J.-R. (1859). Aménités Malacologiques. Tome second. <em>J. B. Baillière, Paris.</em> 216 pp.
page(s): 143 [details]
context source (RAS) Frenot, Y.; Chown, S. L.; Whinam, J.; Selkirk, P. M.; Convey, P.; Skotnicki, M.; Bergstrom, D. M. (2005). Biological invasions in the Antarctic: extent, impacts and implications. <em>Biological Reviews.</em> 80(1): 45-72., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s1464793104006542 [details]
basis of record Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details]
additional source Barker, G. M. (1999). Naturalised terrestrial Stylommatophora (Mollusca: Gastropoda). <em>Fauna of New Zealand 38: 1-254.</em> [details]
additional source Herbert, D.G. (2010). The introduced terrestrial Mollusca of South Africa. SANBI Biodiversity Series, 15: vi + 108 pp. Pretoria. [SANBI = South African National Biodiversity Institute].
page(s): 66 [details]
additional source Haas, F. (1951). Remarks on and descriptions of South American non-marine shells. <em>Fieldiana: Zoology.</em> 31(46): 503-545., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2784155
page(s): 507 [details]
additional source Regteren Altena, C. O. van. (1969). Notes sur les limaces 14. Sur trois espèces de Deroceras de la Catalogne dont deux nouvelles. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 107: 101-108. Paris.
page(s): 102, fig. 1a-h [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Sysoev, A. V. & Schileyko, A. A. (2009). Land snails and slugs of Russia and adjacent countries. <em>Sofia/Moskva (Pensoft).</em> 312 pp., 142 plates. [June] [= Pensoft Series Faunistica No 87].
page(s): 144, Fig. 75H, 83C-E [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Wiktor, A. (2000). Agriolimacidae (Gastropoda: Pulmonata) – a systematic monograph. <em>Annales Zoologici.</em> 49(4): 347-590. Warszawa [29 February]., available online at http://rcin.org.pl/Content/57364/WA058_74192_P255-T49_Annal-Zool-Nr-4.pdf [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Griffiths, O.L. & Florens, V.F.B. (2006). A field guide to the non-marine molluscs of the Mascarene Islands (Mauritius, Rodrigues and Réunion) and the northern dependencies of Mauritius. Bioculture Press: Mauritius. Pp. i–xv, 1–185, pls 1-32.
page(s): 110 [details]
additional source Rowson, B. (2007). Land molluscs of Zanzibar Island (Unguja), Tanzania, including a new species of Gulella (Pulmonata: Streptaxidae). <em>Journal of Conchology 39: 425–466.</em>
page(s): 445 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Minato, H. (1988). A systematic and bibliographic list of the Japanese land snails. H. Minato, Shirahama, 294 pp., 7 pls.
page(s): 134 [details]
additional source Naggs, F. & Raheem, D. (2000). Land snail diversity in Sri Lanka. An illustrated guide prepared for the launch of the Darwin Initiative programme. Photography by Harold Taylor. The Natural History Museum, London. pages i-xiii, 1-203. 246 coloured plates. ISBN 0565091514 (printed version), ISBN 0565091565 (compact disc)., available online at https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/tropical-land-snails/taxa.dsml [details]
additional source Espinosa, J. A. & Robinson, D. G. (2021). Annotated checklist of the terrestrial mollusks (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from Hispaniola Island. <em>Novitates Caribaea.</em> 17: 71–146., available online at http://www.novitatescaribaea.do/index.php/novitates/article/view/250
page(s): 118 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Charles, L. (2016). Inventaire de mollusques terrestres de Guadeloupe, Petites Antilles: données préliminaires. <em>Journal MalaCo.</em> 12: 47-56.
page(s): 50 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Breure, A. S. H., Roosen, M. T. & Ablett, J. D. (2022). Land and freshwater molluscs of mainland Ecuador: an illustrated checklist. <em>Iberus.</em> 40(1): 1-290.
page(s): 198 [details]
additional source Ingram, W. M. (1941). The first record of the slug <i>Deroceras reticulatum</i> (Müller) in the United States. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 55(2): 67-68., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8519972 [details]
additional source Sivik, F. P. (1954). A technique for slug culture. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 67(4): 129-130., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8514761 [details]
identification resource Turóci, Á. & Páll-Gergely, B. (2025). Magyarország meztelencsigái [Slugs of Hungary]. HUN-REN Agrártudományi Kutatóközpont (HUN-REN Centre for Agricultural Research), Martonvásár, Hungary, 288 pp. (in Hungarian).
page(s): 163 [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Type locality Denmark, Fridrichsdal near Copenhagen [details]
