Ariolimacidae Explained

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).

Subfamilies and genera

The family Ariolimacidae consists of the two subfamilies:

• Ariolimacinae Pilsbry & Vanatta, 1898
• Zacoleinae Webb, 1959^[1]

Genera in the family Ariolimacidae include:

Ariolimacinae

• Anadenulus Cockerell, 1890
• Ariolimax Mörch, 1859 - banana slug - the type genus of the family Ariolimacidae
• Hesperarion Simroth, 1891
• Magnipelta Pilsbry, 1953
• Meadarion Pilsbry, 1948
• Prophysaon Bland & W.G. Binney, 1873
• Udosarx Webb, 1959

Zacoleinae

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

Genera brought into synonymy:

• Aphallarion Pilsbry & Vanatta, 1896: synonym of Ariolimax Mörch, 1859
• Limacarion J.G. Cooper, 1879: synonym of Prophysaon Bland & W.G. Binney, 1873
• Phenacarion Cockerell, 1890: synonym of Prophysaon Bland & W.G. Binney, 1873

References

• Bouchet P., Rocroi J.P., Hausdorf B., Kaim A., Kano Y., Nützel A., Parkhaev P., Schrödl M. & Strong E.E. (2017). Revised classification, nomenclator and typification of gastropod and monoplacophoran families. Malacologia. 61(1-2): 1–526.

Notes and References

1. Webb. (14 February) 1959. Gastropodia, 1(3):22.