Limacus flavus

Limacus flavus
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Limacidae
Genus: Limacus
Species:
L. flavus
Binomial name
Limacus flavus
Synonyms
  • Limacus breckworthianus Lehmann, 1864
  • Limax (Limacus) flavus Linnaeus, 1758 (superseded combination)
  • Limax flavus Linnaeus, 1758 (original combination)

Limacus flavus, known commonly as the cellar slug, the yellow slug, or the tawny garden slug, is a medium to large species of air-breathing land slug, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Limacidae.