Oopeltidae

Oopeltidae
Ariostralis nebulosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group Sigmurethra

Superfamily: Arionoidea
Family: Oopeltidae
Cockerell, 1891[1]

Oopeltidae 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 Oopeltidae consists of two subfamilies:

Genera in the family Oopeltidae include:

Oopeltinae

Ariopelta capensis

Ariopeltinae

Distribution

Two genera of Ariopeltinae live in South Africa.[2] Ariopelta capensis and Ariostralis nebulosa are relict primitive species[4] in the Cape Fold Mountains. In the Landdroskop area there are melanistic populations of these slugs.[4]

References

  1. Cockerell T. D. A.. (1891). "On the geographical distribution of slugs". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1891(2): 214-226. Oopeltidae is on pages 216 and 222.
  2. 1 2 3 Sirgel W. F. (1985). "A new subfamily of Arionidae (Mollusca, Pulmonata)". Annals of the Natal Museum 26(2): 471-487. Ariopeltinae is on the page 473.
  3. Sirgel, W.F. 2012. A new species of Oopeltidae (Mollusca, Pulmonata, Arionoidea), with a revision of the subfamily Ariopeltinae and remarks on its affinities within the family and superfamily. African Invertebrates 53 (2): 527-542.
  4. 1 2 Costandius E. (2005). The Landdroskop area in the Hottentots Holland Mountains as a refugium for melanistic lizard species: an analysis for conservation. Department of Botany and Zoology, University of Stellenbosch, 76 pp.

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