Parmarion Explained

Parmarion is a genus of air-breathing land semi-slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Ariophantidae. Parmarion is the type genus of the Parmarioninae, which is a synonym of Ostracolethinae.

Species of snails within this family make and use love darts.

Species

Species within the genus Parmarion include:

• Parmarion martensi Simroth, 1893
• Parmarion kersteni von Martens, 1869

Further reading

• van Bentham Jutting W. S. S. (1950). "Systematic studies on the non-marine Mollusca of the Indo-Australian Archipelago. II. Critical revision of the Javanese pulmonate land-snails of the families Helicarionidae, Pleurodontidae, Fruticicolidae & Streptaxidae". Treubia 20: 381-505.

External links

• Taxonomy: http://zipcodezoo.com/Animals/P/Parmarion%5Fkersteni/
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