Milacidae

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Milacidae
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Tandonia budapestensis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Superfamily: Parmacelloidea
Family: Milacidae
Ellis, 1926
Diversity [1] [2]
2 genera, about 50 species,

less than 50 species

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

Contents

This family has no subfamilies (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).

Distribution

The distribution of the Milacidae includes the western Palearctic region. [3]

Anatomy

In the Milacidae family, the number of haploid chromosomes ranges from 31 to 35 (according to the values in this table). [4]

Genera

Genera within the family Milacidae include:

Cladogram

The following cladogram shows the phylogenic relationships of this family to the other families in the limacoid clade: [3]

  limacoid clade  

Related Research Articles

<i>Tandonia budapestensis</i> Species of gastropod

Tandonia budapestensis is a species of air-breathing, keeled, land slug, a shell-less terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Milacidae.

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

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

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Limacoidea</span> Superfamily of gastropods

Limacoidea is a taxonomic superfamily of medium-sized to large, air-breathing land slugs and snails. They are terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the infraorder Stylommatophora.

<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">Parmacelloidea</span> Superfamily of gastropods

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.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Gastrodontoidea</span> Superfamily of gastropods

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

<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.

<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.

<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.

<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">Vitrinidae</span> Family of gastropods

Vitrinidae is a family of small, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Limacoidea.

<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">Trochomorphidae</span> Family of gastropods

Trochomorphidae is a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Gastrodontoidea. Since 2017, its classification has been revised and it now belongs to the superfamily Trochomorphoidea

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

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

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

Dyakiidae is a family of air-breathing land snails terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Trochomorphoidea.

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

Staffordiidae is a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Trochomorphoidea.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Helicarionoidea</span> Superfamily of gastropods

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

<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>Boettgerilla compressa</i> Species of gastropod

Boettgerilla compressa is a species of air-breathing land slug, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Boettgerillidae.

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

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

References

  1. (in Polish) Wiktor A. (1989). Limacoidea et Zonitoidea nuda. Slimaki pomrowioksztaltne (Gastropoda: Stylommatophora). Fauna Poloniae 12, Polska Akademia Nauk, Warszawa, 208 pp., page 184.
  2. Reise H., Hutchinson J. M. C. & Robinson D. G. (2006). "Two introduced pest slugs: Tandonia budapestensis new to the Americas, and Deroceras panormitanum new to the Eastern USA". Veliger48: 110-115. PDF
  3. 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. doi : 10.1046/j.1365-2699.2000.00403.x, JSTOR.
  4. 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.

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