Parmacellidae
Parmacellidae is a family of air-breathing land slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks within the superfamily Parmacelloidea (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005). This family has no subfamilies (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005). Slugs in this family make and use love darts made of chitin. Distribution The distribution of the family Parmacellidae includes the western Palearctic, and ranges from the Canary Islands and Europe to Afghanistan. ** subgenus '' Levanderiella'' Schileyko, 2007Schileyko A. A. (2007). "''Levanderiella'', a new name for ''Levanderia'' Likharev et Wiktor, 1980 (Pulmonata, Parmacellidae)". ''Ruthenica'' 17(1-2): 84PDF * '' Cryptella'' Webb & Berthelot, 1833Parmacellidae [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Cryptella ''Cryptella'' is a genus of small-shelled slugs in the family Parmacellidae. Species Species in the genus ''Cryptella'' include: * ''Cryptella alegranzae'' Hutterer & Groh, 1991"''Cryptella'' Webb & Berthelot 1833" Fauna Europaea, accessed 1 September. * ''Cryptella auriculata'' (Mousson, 1872) * ''Cryptella canariensis'' Webb & Berthelot, 1833 - synonym: ''Parmacella canariensis'' (Webb & Berthelot, 1833) * ''Cryptella famarae'' Hutterer & Groh, 1991 References External links * Webb P. B. & Berthelot S. (1844) Histoire naturelle des îles Canaries II, 2. Zoologie[...More Info...]       |