Parmarion
Encyclopedia
Parmarion is a genus
of air-breathing land semi-slug
s, terrestrial
pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Ariophantidae
. Parmarion is the type genus of the Parmarioninae, that is a synonym of Ostracolethinae.
Species of snails within this family make and use love dart
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Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of air-breathing land semi-slug
Semi-slug
Semi-slugs, also spelled semislugs, are land gastropods whose shells are too small for them to retract into, but the shell is not quite vestigial...
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 in the family Ariophantidae
Ariophantidae
Ariophantidae is a taxonomic family of air-breathing land snails and semi-slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Helicarionoidea .- Distribution :...
. Parmarion is the type genus of the Parmarioninae, that is a synonym of Ostracolethinae.
Species of snails within this family make and use love dart
Love dart
A love dart is a hard, long, sharp, calcareous or chitinous dart which some hermaphroditic land snails and slugs create. Love darts are made in sexually mature animals only, and are used as part of the sequence of events during courtship, before actual mating takes place...
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Species
Species within the genus Parmarion include:- Parmarion martensiParmarion martensiParmarion martensi is a species of air-breathing land semislug, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Ariophantidae.-Distribution:The probable native distribution of Parmarion martensi includes Southeast Asia....
Simroth, 1893 - Parmarion kersteni von Martens, 1869
Further reading
- van Bentham Jutting W. S. S. (1950). "Systematic studies on the non-marine Mollusca of the Indo-Australian Archipelago. II. Critical revision of the Javanese pulmonate land-snails of the families Helicarionidae, Pleurodontidae, Fruticicolidae & Streptaxidae". Treubia 20: 381-505.
External links
- Taxonomy: http://zipcodezoo.com/Animals/P/Parmarion%5Fkersteni/
- Image of a mating pair at http://ecol.zool.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~hoso/image/photo/12.jpg
- Image of an individual: http://www.siamensis.org/images/webboard_images/OthersPics_reply_35466.jpg
