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Definition of Limacidae
1. Noun. Slugs.
Generic synonyms: Mollusk Family
Group relationships: Class Gasteropoda, Class Gastropoda, Gasteropoda, Gastropoda
Member holonyms: Genus Limax, Limax, Slug
Lexicographical Neighbors of Limacidae
Literary usage of Limacidae
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Zoe: A Biological Journal by Townshend Stith Brandegee, Katharine Layne Brandegee (1891)
"In the Manual of American Land Shells, Mr. Binney describes the animal of the
family Selenites " Without a caudal mucus pore, jaw of Limacidae. ..."
2. A Manual of the Common Invertebrate Animals: Exclusive of Insects by Henry Sherring Pratt (1916)
"Limacidae. Slugs. No external shell present, but a rudimentary shell in form of
a thin calcareous ... Key to the genera of Limacidae here described: a, ..."
3. Fauna Hawaiiensis: Being the Land-fauna of the Hawaiian Islands by David Sharp, Royal Society (Great Britain), Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Royal Society (Great Britain (1900)
"... but, owing to the fauna being so restricted in distribution, have not added
percentages of peculiar species. (i) Families Limacidae ..."
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