Parmacellidae
Family of gastropods
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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).
| Parmacellidae | |
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| Parmacella valenciennii | |
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| Two views of a live individual of Cryptella canariensis | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Superfamily: | Parmacelloidea |
| Family: | Parmacellidae P. Fischer, 1856 (1855) |
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| Synonyms | |
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Cryptellidae Gray, 1855 (nomen oblitum)[2] | |
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,[3] and ranges from the Canary Islands and Europe to Afghanistan.[1]
Genera
Genera within family Parmacellidae include:
- Candaharia Godwin-Austen, 1888[4]
- subgenus Levanderiella Schileyko, 2007[5]
- Cryptella Webb & Berthelot, 1833[6]
- Parmacella Cuvier, 1804[6] - type genus
Cladogram
The following cladogram shows the phylogenic relationship of this family with the other families in the limacoid clade:[3]
