Limacinae is a taxonomic subfamily of air-breathing land slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Limacidae. The only other subfamily in this family is the Eumilacinae.
Genera Currently recognised genera in the Limacinae are: Ambigolimax Pollonera, 1887; formerly considered a subgenus of Lehmannia Bielzia Clessin, 1887 – with the only species Bielzia coerulans M. Bielz, 1851. Some authors, for example Russian malacologists, have classified Bielzia within its own family Bielzidae (= Limacopsidae) or subfamily Bielzinae, but a molecular phylogeny has subsequently placed it within Limacinae. Caspilimax P. Hesse, 1926 Gigantomilax O. Boettger, 1883 Lehmannia Heynemann, 1863; formerly considered a subgenus of Limax Limacus Lehmann, 1864; sometimes considered a subgenus of Limax Limax Linnaeus, 1758 – type genus of Limacidae; c. half the recognised species in the family Malacolimax Malm, 1868; formerly considered a subgenus of Limax Svanetia Hesse, 1926 Turcomilax Simroth, 1902 Weltersia Giusti et al. 2021 – with the only species W. obscura Giusti et al. 2021
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Slugs of Florida on the UF / IFAS Featured Creatures Web site