Kingdom Animalia Superfamily Parmacelloidea Phylum Chordata | Class Gastropoda Scientific name Parmacellidae Rank Family | |
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Similar Urocyclidae, Parmacella, Dyakiidae, Milacidae, Boettgerillidae | ||
Parmacellidae is a family of air-breathing land slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks within the superfamily Parmacelloidea (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).
Contents
This family has no subfamilies (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).
Slugs in this family make and use love darts made of chitin.
Distribution
Distribution of Parmacellidae include western Palearctic and ranges from Canary Islands and Europe to Afghanistan.
Genera
Genera within family Parmacellidae include:
Cladogram
The following cladogram shows the phylogenic relationship of this family with the other families in the limacoid clade:
References
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