Ariolimacidae

Ariolimacidae 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).

Ariolimacidae
A live individual of Ariolimax columbianus in the wild, at Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest
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Ariolimacidae

Genera

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Subfamilies and genera

The family Ariolimacidae consists of the two subfamilies:

  • Ariolimacinae Pilsbry & Vanatta, 1898
  • Zacoleinae Webb, 1959[2]

Genera in the family Ariolimacidae include:

Ariolimacinae

Zacoleinae

  • Zacoleus Pilsbry, 1903 - the type genus of the subfamily Zacoleinae

References

  1. Pilsbry H. A. & Vanatta (13 June) 1898. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 50. p. 227.
  2. Webb. (14 February) 1959. Gastropodia, 1(3):22.


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