- Source: Ariolimacidae
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
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.