Higher classification Limacoid clade | Rank Superfamily | |
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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):
Cladogram
A cladogram shows the phylogenic relation of this superfamily to other superfamilies in the limacoid clade:
References
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