Limax maximus Linnaeus, 1758 Description Thomas et al. (2010). Distribution Western Palaearctic, introduced into North and South America, South Africa, Pacific Islands, Australia and New Zealand (Gaitán-Espitia et al. 2012). In Chile this species has been cited from 30° to 46° (Valdovinos 1999; Letelier and Ramos 2002). Possible mechanism of introduction/Status Human transportation/established (Landler and Nuñez 2012). Remarks Synanthropic species, potential carrier of human pathogens (Landler and Nuñez 2012). Nocturnal species, aggressive towards other slugs (Gaitán-Espitia et al. 2012). EA, I.

Published as part of Araya, Juan Francisco, 2015, Current status of the non-indigenous molluscs in Chile, with the first record of Otala punctata (Müller, 1774) (Gastropoda: Helicidae) in the country and new records for Cornu aspersum (Müller, 1774) and Deroceras laeve (Müller, 1774), pp. 1731-1761 in Journal of Natural History 49 (29) on page 1743, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2015.1006703, http://zenodo.org/record/3997965