Ariolimacidae
| Ariolimacidae | |
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| A live individual of Ariolimax columbianus in the wild, at Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura |
| Superfamily: | Arionoidea |
| Family: | Ariolimacidae Pilsbry & Vanatta, 1898[1] |
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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).
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
- Ariolimax Mörch, 1859 - banana slug - the type genus of the family Ariolimacidae
Zacoleinae
- Zacoleus Pilsbry, 1903 - the type genus of the subfamily Zacoleinae
References
- ↑ Pilsbry H. A. & Vanatta (13 June) 1898. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 50. Ariolimacidae is on the page 227.
- ↑ Webb. (14 February) 1959. Gastropodia, 1(3):22.
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