Parmacella
Genus of gastropods
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Parmacella is a genus of air-breathing land slugs, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Parmacellidae.
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| Live individual of Parmacella valenciennii, head end towards the right | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Parmacellidae |
| Genus: | Parmacella Cuvier, 1804[1] |
Slugs within this genus create and use love darts.
Species
Species within the genus Parmacella include:[2][3]
- Cryptella canariensis Webb & Berthelot, 1833 / Parmacella canariensis (Webb & Berthelot, 1833)
- Parmacella deshayesi Moquin-Tandon, 1848
- Parmacella festae Gambetta, 1925
- Parmacella gervaisii Moquin-Tandon, 1850 - extinct[4]
- Parmacella ibera Eichwald, 1841[5]
- Parmacella olivieri Cuvier, 1804 - type species
- Parmacella tenerifensis Alonso, Ibanez & Diaz, 1985
- Parmacella valenciennii Webb & Van Beneden, 1836
