Ariolimacidae

Ariolimacidae

Ariolimacidae

Family of gastropods

Ariolimacidae is a family of air-breathing land slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Arionoidea (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).

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Subfamilies and genera

The family Ariolimacidae consists of the two subfamilies:

  • Ariolimacinae Pilsbry & Vanatta, 1898
  • Zacoleinae Webb, 1959[2]

Genera in the family Ariolimacidae include:

Ariolimacinae

  • Anadenulus Cockerell, 1890
  • Ariolimax Mörch, 1859 - banana slug - the type genus of the family Ariolimacidae
  • Hesperarion Simroth, 1891
  • Magnipelta Pilsbry, 1953
  • Meadarion Pilsbry, 1948
  • Prophysaon Bland & W.G. Binney, 1873
  • Udosarx Webb, 1959

Zacoleinae

  • Zacoleus Pilsbry, 1903 - the type genus of the subfamily Zacoleinae
Genera brought into synonymy
  • Aphallarion Pilsbry & Vanatta, 1896: synonym of Ariolimax Mörch, 1859
  • Limacarion J.G. Cooper, 1879: synonym of Prophysaon Bland & W.G. Binney, 1873
  • Phenacarion Cockerell, 1890: synonym of Prophysaon Bland & W.G. Binney, 1873

References

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  1. [1]
    Pilsbry H. A. & Vanatta (13 June) 1898. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 50. p. 227.
  2. [2]
    Webb. (14 February) 1959. Gastropodia, 1(3):22.
  • Bouchet P., Rocroi J.P., Hausdorf B., Kaim A., Kano Y., Nützel A., Parkhaev P., Schrödl M. & Strong E.E. (2017). Revised classification, nomenclator and typification of gastropod and monoplacophoran families. Malacologia. 61(1-2): 1–526.


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