Ariolimacidae 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).
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| A live individual of Ariolimax columbianus in the wild, at Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Suborder: | Helicina |
| Infraorder: | Arionoidei |
| Superfamily: | Arionoidea |
| Family: | Ariolimacidae Pilsbry & Vanatta, 1898[1] |
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Subfamilies and genera
editThe family Ariolimacidae consists of the two subfamilies:
- Ariolimacinae Pilsbry & Vanatta, 1898
- Zacoleinae Webb, 1959[2]
Genera in the family Ariolimacidae include:
Ariolimacinae
- Anadenulus Cockerell, 1890
- Ariolimax Mörch, 1859 - banana slug - the type genus of the family Ariolimacidae
- Hesperarion Simroth, 1891
- Magnipelta Pilsbry, 1953
- Meadarion Pilsbry, 1948
- Prophysaon Bland & W.G. Binney, 1873
- Udosarx Webb, 1959
Zacoleinae
- Zacoleus Pilsbry, 1903 - the type genus of the subfamily Zacoleinae
- Genera brought into synonymy
- Aphallarion Pilsbry & Vanatta, 1896: synonym of Ariolimax Mörch, 1859
- Limacarion J.G. Cooper, 1879: synonym of Prophysaon Bland & W.G. Binney, 1873
- Phenacarion Cockerell, 1890: synonym of Prophysaon Bland & W.G. Binney, 1873
References
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- ^ Pilsbry H. A. & Vanatta (13 June) 1898. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 50. p. 227.
- ^ Webb. (14 February) 1959. Gastropodia, 1(3):22.
- Bouchet P., Rocroi J.P., Hausdorf B., Kaim A., Kano Y., Nützel A., Parkhaev P., Schrödl M. & Strong E.E. (2017). Revised classification, nomenclator and typification of gastropod and monoplacophoran families. Malacologia. 61(1-2): 1–526.
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