Oopeltidae

Oopeltidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group Sigmurethra
Superfamily: Arionoidea
Family: Oopeltidae
Cockerell, 1891[1]
Genera

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Oopeltidae 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 Oopeltidae consists of two subfamilies:

Genera in the family Oopeltidae include:

Oopeltinae

Ariopeltinae

Distribution

Two genera of Ariopeltinae live in South Africa.[2] Ariopelta capensis and Ariostralis nebulosa are relict primitive species[3] in the Cape Fold Mountains. In the Landdroskop area there are melanistic populations of these slugs.[3]

References

  1. ^ Cockerell T. D. A.. (August) 1891. On the geographical distribution of slugs. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1891(2): 214-226. Oopeltidae is on pages 216 and 222.
  2. ^ a b c Sirgel W. F. (June) 1985. A new subfamily of Arionidae (Mollusca, Pulmonata). Annals of the Natal Museum, 26(2): 471-487. Ariopeltinae is on page 473.
  3. ^ a b Costandius E. (April) 2005. The Landdroskop area in the Hottentots Holland Mountains as a refugium for melanistic lizard species: an analysis for conservation. Department of Botany and Zoology, University of Stellenbosch, 76 pp.