Global InformationElisolimax flavescens information
| Elisolimax flavescens | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia
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| Phylum: | Mollusca
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| Class: | Gastropoda
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| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura |
| Superfamily: | Helicarionoidea
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| Family: | Helicarionidae
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| Genus: | Elisolimax
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| Species: | E. flavescens
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| Binomial name | |
| Elisolimax flavescens | |
Elisolimax flavescens is a species of air-breathing land snail or semislug, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Helicarionidae or Urocyclidae.[1][clarification needed]
Identified in 1866 by naturalist Wilhelm Moritz Keferstein, this species occurs primarily in southeastern Africa.[2] It has not yet become established in the US, but it is considered to represent a potentially serious threat as a pest, an invasive species which could negatively affect agriculture, natural ecosystems, human health or commerce. Therefore, it has been suggested that this species be given top national quarantine significance in the USA.[1]
- ^ a b Cowie R. H., Dillon R. T., Robinson D. G. & Smith J. W. (2009). "Alien non-marine snails and slugs of priority quarantine importance in the United States: A preliminary risk assessment". American Malacological Bulletin 27: 113-132. PDF.
- ^ Herbert, David. The Introduced Terrestrial Mollusca of South Africa, p. 14 (South African National Biodiversity Institute, 2010).