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Pallifera

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Superfamily
  
Arionoidea

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Class
  
Gastropoda

Family
  
Philomycidae

Rank
  
Genus

Pallifera wwwjaxshellsorgpall3jpg

Similar
  
Philomycidae, Philomycus, Philomycus carolinianus, Striatura, Helicodiscus

Pallifera dorsalis a binney 1842 pale mantleslug


Pallifera is a genus of air-breathing land slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Philomycidae.

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Species

Species include:

  • Pallifera dorsalis (Binney, 1842) – pale mantleslug
  • Pallifera fosteri – Foster mantleslug
  • Pallifera hemphilli – black mantleslug
  • Pallifera marmorea – marbled mantleslug
  • Pallifera megaphallica – woody mantleslug
  • Pallifera ohioensis – redfoot mantleslug
  • Pallifera pilsbryi – Arizona mantleslug
  • Pallifera ragsdalei – whiteface mantleslug
  • Pallifera secreta – severed mantleslug
  • Pallifera tournescalis – Ouachita mantleslug
  • Pallifera varia – variable mantleslug

    • Cladogram

    A cladogram based on sequences of cytochrome-c oxidase I (COI) genes showing phylogenic relations of genera in the family Philomycidae by Tsai & Wu (2008) (simplified):


    Arion and Deroceras were used as outgroup.

    References

    Pallifera Wikipedia
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