Parmacellidae
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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).
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
The distribution of the family Parmacellidae includes the western Palearctic,[1] and ranges from the Canary Islands and Europe to Afghanistan.[2]
Genera
Genera within family Parmacellidae include:
- Candaharia Godwin-Austen, 1888[3]
- subgenus Levanderiella Schileyko, 2007[4]
- Cryptella Webb & Berthelot, 1833[5]
- Parmacella Cuvier, 1804[5] - type genus
Cladogram
The following cladogram shows the phylogenic relationship of this family with the other families in the limacoid clade:[1]
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References
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- ↑ a b Hausdorf B. (2000). "Biogeography of the Limacoidea sensu lato (Gastropoda: Stylommatophora): Vicariance Events and Long-Distance Dispersal". Journal of Biogeography 27(2): 379-390. Script error: No such module "CS1 identifiers"., JSTOR.
- ↑ "Family summary for Parmacellidae". AnimalBase, last modified 21 February 2009, accessed 1 September 2010.
- ↑ Kantor Yu I., Vinarski M. V., Schileyko A. A. & Sysoev A. V. (published online on December 22, 2009). "CATALOGUE OF THE CONTINENTAL MOLLUSKS OF RUSSIA AND ADJACENT TERRITORIES". Version 2.3.
- ↑ Schileyko A. A. (2007). "Levanderiella, a new name for Levanderia Likharev et Wiktor, 1980 (Pulmonata, Parmacellidae)". Ruthenica 17(1-2): 84. PDF.
- ↑ a b Parmacellidae. Fauna Europaea, accessed 19 November 2009.
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Further reading
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- Schileyko A. A. (2003). "Treatise on recent terrestrial pulmonate mollusks. 10. Ariophantidae, Ostracolethaidae, Ryssotidae, Milacidae, Dyakiidae, Staffordiidae, Gastrodontidae, Zonitidae, Daudebardiidae, Parmacellidae". Ruthenica, Supplement 2. 1309–1466.