Agriolimacidae

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Agriolimacidae
Temporal range: Pleistocene–Recent [1]
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The largest slug in the image is an individual of Deroceras reticulatum
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Superfamily: Limacoidea
Family: Agriolimacidae
H. Wagner  [ hu ], 1935 [2]
Type genus
Agriolimax
Mörch, 1865
Diversity [3] [4]
6 genera, about 135 species (123 species in Deroceras + at least 12 other species)

Agriolimacidae is a family of small and medium-sized land slugs, or shell-less snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks.

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Distribution

Distribution of Limacidae is Holarctic, [1] this include: Nearctic, western Palearctic and eastern Palearctic. [5]

Agriolimacidae is the largest slug family, some are introduced all over the world, synanthropes are often severe pests. [1]

This view of the right side of Deroceras praecox clearly shows the position of its pneumostome. Deroceras praecox.jpg
This view of the right side of Deroceras praecox clearly shows the position of its pneumostome.

Anatomy

Most slugs in the family Agriolimacidae are rather small; only a few (in the genera Mesolimax and Krynickillus ) are larger. Most are not more than 50 mm long. [1] The mantle is usually large, occupying approximately 1/3 of the entire body length, situated in the anterior part of the body. [1] The pneumostome is clearly postmedial. [1] The surface of the mantle in living slugs is covered in concentric, mobile wrinkles. [1] In addition sometimes there is a shallow, poorly defined groove which runs above the pneumostome on the right side, not passing to the left. [1]

The penis is short, usually bag-shaped, often with external appendages, inside with different stimulatory organs. [1] No tubular membrane encircles the penis and vas deferens. [1] The penis retractor muscle is situated beside the right tentacle. [1]

In this family, the number of haploid chromosomes lies between 26 and 30 (according to the values in this table). [6]

Taxonomy

The following two subfamilies have been recognized in the taxonomy of Bouchet & Rocroi (2005):

Genera

Genera within the family Agriolimacidae include:

subfamily Agriolimacinae

subfamily Mesolimacinae

subfamily ?

Cladogram

A cladogram showing the phylogenic relationships of this family to other families within the limacoid clade: [5]

limacoid clade

Related Research Articles

<i>Deroceras praecox</i> Species of gastropod

Deroceras praecox is a species of small air-breathing land slug, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Agriolimacidae.

Deroceras laeve, the marsh slug, is a species of small air-breathing land slug, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Agriolimacidae.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Arionidae</span> Family of gastropods

Arionidae, common name the "roundback slugs" or "round back slugs" are a taxonomic family of air-breathing land slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Arionoidea.

<i>Deroceras</i> Genus of gastropods

Deroceras is a taxonomic genus of small to medium-sized air-breathing land slugs in the family Agriolimacidae.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Zonitidae</span> Family of gastropods

Zonitidae, common name the true glass snails, are a family of mostly rather small, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Zonitoidea.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Limacidae</span> Family of keelback slugs

Limacidae, also known by their common name the keelback slugs, are a taxonomic family of medium-sized to very large, air-breathing land slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Limacoidea.

Geomalacus is a genus of large air-breathing land slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Arionidae, the roundback slugs.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Parmacellidae</span> Family of gastropods

Parmacellidae is a family of air-breathing land slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks within the superfamily Parmacelloidea.

<i>Deroceras panormitanum</i> Species of gastropod

Deroceras panormitanum is a species of air-breathing land slug, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Agriolimacidae.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Trigonochlamydidae</span> Family of gastropods

Trigonochlamydidae is a family of air-breathing land slugs, terrestrial gastropod molluscs in the clade Eupulmonata.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Oxychilidae</span> Family of gastropods

Oxychilidae is a taxonomic family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Gastrodontoidea.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Milacidae</span> Family of gastropods

Milacidae is a family of air-breathing, keeled, land slugs. These are shell-less terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Parmacelloidea.

<i>Boettgerilla</i> Genus of gastropods

Boettgerilla is a genus of air-breathing land slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Boettgerillidae.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ariophantidae</span> Family of gastropods

Ariophantidae is a taxonomic family of air-breathing land snails and semi-slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Helicarionoidea.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Limacoidei</span> Group of molluscs

The Limacoidei is a taxonomic infraorder of air-breathing land snails, semislugs and slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the suborder Helicina

<i>Deroceras invadens</i> Species of gastropod

Deroceras invadens is a species of air-breathing land slug, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Agriolimacidae. Until 2011, this widely distributed species was known as Deroceras panormitanum, and earlier as Deroceras caruanae or Agriolimax caruanae, but Reise et al. (2011) showed that these names refer to a distinct species of similar external appearance known at that time only from Sicily and Malta. Consequently, although the more widespread species was already well known, it then had to be redescribed under the new name of D. invadens. Genetic evidence has indicated that D. invadens is native in southern Italy, including parts of Sicily, and possibly parts of central Italy. Elsewhere it has been introduced, predominantly within the last 100 years, but its spread has been constrained by cold winter temperatures.

<i>Krynickillus melanocephalus</i> Species of terrestrial slug

Krynickillus melanocephalus is a species of air-breathing land slug, a terrestrial gastropod mollusc in the family Agriolimacidae. It is an invasive species, spreading from regions around the Black Sea to Northern and Central Europe.

Letourneuxia nyctelia is a species of terrestrial slug, a gastropod mollusc, belonging to the family Arionidae.

<i>Tandonia kusceri</i> Species of mollusc

Tandonia kusceri is a species of slug belonging to the family Milacidae.

Lehmannia carpatica is a species of air-breathing land slug, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Limacidae.

References

This article incorporates public domain text from the reference. [1]

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 "Family summary for Agriolimacidae". AnimalBase, last change 23-05-2010, accessed 4 August 2010
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  3. "Genera in family Agriolimacidae" [n = 6]. AnimalBase, accessed 10 September 2010.
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  5. 1 2 Hausdorf, B. (2000). "Biogeography of the Limacoidea sensu lato (Gastropoda: Stylommatophora): vicariance events and long-distance dispersal". Journal of Biogeography. 27 (2): 379–390. Bibcode:2000JBiog..27..379H. doi:10.1046/j.1365-2699.2000.00403.x. JSTOR   2656267. S2CID   84011338.
  6. Barker G. M.: Gastropods on Land: Phylogeny, Diversity and Adaptive Morphology. in Barker G. M. (ed.): The biology of terrestrial molluscs . CABI Publishing, Oxon, UK, 2001, ISBN   0-85199-318-4. 1–146, cited pages: 139 and 142.