Parmacellidae is a family

Family (biology)

In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...

 of air-breathing land slug

Slug

Slug is a common name that is normally applied to any gastropod mollusc that lacks a shell, has a very reduced shell, or has a small internal shell...

s, terrestrial

Terrestrial animal

Terrestrial animals are animals that live predominantly or entirely on land , as compared with aquatic animals, which live predominantly or entirely in the water , or amphibians, which rely on a combination of aquatic and terrestrial habitats...

 pulmonate gastropod mollusks within the superfamily Parmacelloidea

Parmacelloidea

Parmacelloidea is a superfamily of air-breathing land slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the clade Stylommatophora and the informal group Pulmonata...

 (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005

Taxonomy of the Gastropoda (Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005)

The taxonomy of the Gastropoda as it was revised by Philippe Bouchet and Jean-Pierre Rocroi is currently the most up-to-date overall system for classifying gastropod mollusks...

).

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

Taxonomy of the Gastropoda (Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005)

The taxonomy of the Gastropoda as it was revised by Philippe Bouchet and Jean-Pierre Rocroi is currently the most up-to-date overall system for classifying gastropod mollusks...

).

Slugs in this family make and use love darts made of chitin

Chitin

Chitin n is a long-chain polymer of a N-acetylglucosamine, a derivative of glucose, and is found in many places throughout the natural world...

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Distribution

Distribution of Parmacellidae include western Palearctic

Palearctic

The Palearctic or Palaearctic is one of the eight ecozones dividing the Earth's surface.Physically, the Palearctic is the largest ecozone...

 and ranges from Canary Islands and Europe to Afghanistan.

Genera

Genera within family Parmacellidae include:

• Candaharia
  Candaharia
  Candaharia is a genus of air-breathing land slugs, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Parmacellidae.-Species:Species within the genus Candaharia include:subgenus Candaharia* Candaharia rutellum - type species...
  
  Godwin-Austen, 1888
  • subgenus Levanderiella Schileyko, 2007
• Cryptella
  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 auriculata...
  
  Webb & Berthelot, 1833
• Parmacella
  Parmacella
  Parmacella is a genus of air-breathing land slugs, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Parmacellidae.Slugs within this genus create and use love darts.-Species:Species within the genus Parmacella include:...
  
  Cuvier, 1804 - type genus

Cladogram

The following cladogram

Cladogram

A cladogram is a diagram used in cladistics which shows ancestral relations between organisms, to represent the evolutionary tree of life. Although traditionally such cladograms were generated largely on the basis of morphological characters, DNA and RNA sequencing data and computational...

 shows the phylogenic relationship of this family with the other families in the limacoid clade

Limacoid clade

The limacoid clade is a taxonomic clade of air-breathing land snails, semislugs and slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the informal group Sigmurethra.- Distribution :...

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Further reading

• Schileyko A. A. (2003). "Treatise on recent terrestrial pulmonate mollusks. 10. Ariophantidae, Ostracolethaidae, Ryssotidae, Milacidae, Dyakiidae, Staffordiidae, Gastrodontidae, Zonitidae, Daudebardiidae, Parmacellidae". Ruthenica, Supplement 2. 1309-1466.