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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. 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(Text) CC BY-SA