Pallifera Explained

Pallifera is a genus of air-breathing land slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Philomycidae.

Species

Species include:^[1]

• Pallifera costaricensis (Mörch, 1857) ^[2]
• Pallifera dorsalis (Binney, 1842)  - pale mantleslug
• Pallifera fosteri  - Foster mantleslug
• Pallifera hemphilli  - black mantleslug
• Pallifera marmorea  - marbled mantleslug
• Pallifera megaphallica  - woody mantleslug
• Pallifera ohioensis  - redfoot mantleslug
• Pallifera pilsbryi  - Arizona mantleslug
• Pallifera ragsdalei  - whiteface mantleslug
• Pallifera secreta  - severed mantleslug
• Pallifera tournescalis  - Ouachita mantleslug
• Pallifera varia  - variable mantleslug

Cladogram

A cladogram based on sequences of cytochrome-c oxidase I (COI) genes showing phylogenic relations of genera in the family Philomycidae by Tsai & Wu (2008)^[3] (simplified):

Arion and Deroceras were used as outgroup.^[3]

External links

• LifeDesks, Terrestrial Slugs Web

Notes and References

1. https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=77116 Pallifera.
2. Barrientos. Zaidett. 2003. Lista de especies de moluscos terrestres (Archaeogastropoda, Mesogastropoda, Archaeopulmonata, Stylommatophora, Soleolifera) informadas para Costa Rica.. Revista de Biología Tropical. 51. 293–304.
3. Tsai C.-L. & Wu S.-K. (2008). A new Meghimatium slug (Pulmonata: Philomycidae) from Taiwan. Zoological Studies 47(6): 759-766. PDF.