A singularly handsome species, having similar habits to limax.
"Sketches of the Natural History of Ceylon"
J. Emerson Tennent
In the mossy woods live a large, yellowish, black-spotted limax, and two Helices of middling size.
"A New Voyage Round the World, in the years 1823, 24, 25, and 26, Vol. 2"
Otto von Kotzebue
Some species like limax maximus and L. marginatus are very ancient, and probably commenced their wanderings in early Tertiary times.
"The History of the European Fauna"
R. F. Scharff