Parmacelloidea is a superfamily of air-breathing land slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the clade Stylommatophora and the informal group Pulmonata. These are limacoid or keelback slugs.
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| A live individual of the Ghost Slug Selenochlamys ysbryda in the family Trigonochlamydidae | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Suborder: | Helicina |
| Infraorder: | Limacoidei |
| Superfamily: | Parmacelloidea P. Fischer, 1856 (1855) |
Families
editFamilies within the superfamily Parmacelloidea include:
Cladogram
editThe following cladogram shows the phylogenic relationships of this superfamily to the other superfamilies and families within the limacoid clade:[1]
References
edit- ^ Hausdorf B. (March 2000). "Biogeography of the Limacoidea sensu lato (Gastropoda: Stylommatophora): Vicariance Events and Long-Distance Dispersal". Journal of Biogeography 27(2): 379-390. doi:10.1046/j.1365-2699.2000.00403.x, JSTOR.