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Limacoidea

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Higher classification
  
Limacoid clade

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Rank
  
Superfamily

Limacoidea

Lower classifications
  
Limacidae, Agriolimacidae, Limax, Boettgerilla pallens

Limacoidea is a taxonomic superfamily of medium-sized to large, air-breathing land slugs and snails. They are terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the infraorder Stylommatophora (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).

Contents

The Helixarionoidea were previously placed in this superfamily.

Families

The following four families have been recognized in the taxonomy of Bouchet & Rocroi (2005):

  • Limacidae
  • Agriolimacidae
  • Boettgerillidae
  • Vitrinidae
  • Cladogram

    A cladogram shows the phylogenic relation of this superfamily to other superfamilies in the limacoid clade:

    References

    Limacoidea Wikipedia