Parmarion
| Parmarion | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura |
| Superfamily: | Helicarionoidea |
| Family: | Ariophantidae |
| Subfamily: | Ostracolethinae[1] |
| Genus: | Parmarion Fischer, 1856[2] |
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.[1]
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
References
- 1 2 Bouchet P.; Rocroi J.-P.; Frýda J.; Hausdorf B.; Ponder W.; Valdés Á. & Warén A. (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". Malacologia: International Journal of Malacology. Hackenheim, Germany: ConchBooks. 47 (1-2): 1–397. ISBN 3-925919-72-4. ISSN 0076-2997.
- ↑ Fischer (1856). Actes de la Société Linnéenne de Bordeaux 20: 395.
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
- "Parmarion". National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).
- Taxonomy:
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