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Oopeltidae

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Gastropoda

Rank
  
Family

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Superfamily
  
Arionoidea

Oopeltidae

Similar
  
Ariolimacidae, Dorcasiidae, Caryodidae, Humboldtianidae

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:

  • Oopeltinae Cockerell, 1891
  • Ariopeltinae Sirgel, 1985

    • Genera in the family Oopeltidae include:

    Oopeltinae

  • Oopelta Mörch [in Heynemann], 1867 - type genus of the family Oopeltidae
  • Oopelta nigropunctata

    • Ariopeltinae

  • Ariopelta Sirgel, 1985 - type genus of the subfamily Ariopeltinae
  • Ariopelta capensis Krauss, 1848 - type species, synonym: Limax (Limas) capensis Krauss, 1848
  • Ariopelta variegata Sirgel, 2012
  • Ariostralis
  • Ariostralis nebulosa

    • Distribution

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

    References

    Oopeltidae Wikipedia
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