Parmacelloidea Explained

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.

Families

Families within the superfamily Parmacelloidea include:

• Parmacellidae
• Milacidae
• Trigonochlamydidae

Cladogram

The following cladogram shows the phylogenic relationships of this superfamily to the other superfamilies and families within the limacoid clade:^[1]

Notes and References

1. 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., JSTOR.