Limacoidea, the Glossary
Limacoidea is a taxonomic superfamily of medium-sized to large, air-breathing land slugs and snails.[1]
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38 relations: Agriolimacidae, Ariophantidae, Boettgerilla, Chronidae, Cladogram, Dyakiidae, Euconulidae, Family (biology), Gastrodontidae, Gastrodontoidea, Gastropoda, Helicarionidae, Helicarionoidea, Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, Journal of Biogeography, Limacidae, Limacoidei, Limax maximus, Milacidae, Mollusca, Oxychilidae, Parmacellidae, Parmacelloidea, Phylogenetics, Pristilomatidae, Pulmonata, Slug, Staffordiidae, Stylommatophora, Taxonomic rank, Taxonomy (biology), Taxonomy of the Gastropoda (Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005), Terrestrial mollusc, Trigonochlamydidae, Trochomorphidae, Urocyclidae, Vitrinidae, Zonitidae.
Agriolimacidae
Agriolimacidae is a family of small and medium-sized land slugs, or shell-less snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks. Limacoidea and Agriolimacidae are Stylommatophora.
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Ariophantidae
Ariophantidae is a taxonomic family of air-breathing land snails and semi-slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Helicarionoidea (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005). Limacoidea and Ariophantidae are Stylommatophora.
See Limacoidea and Ariophantidae
Boettgerilla
Boettgerilla is a genus of air-breathing land slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Boettgerillidae.
See Limacoidea and Boettgerilla
Chronidae
Chronidae is a family of air-breathing land slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Trochomorphoidea within the superorder Eupulmonata.
Cladogram
A cladogram (from Greek clados "branch" and gramma "character") is a diagram used in cladistics to show relations among organisms.
Dyakiidae
Dyakiidae is a family of air-breathing land snails terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Trochomorphoidea (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).
Euconulidae
Euconulidae is a taxonomic family of minute, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the superfamily Trochomorphoidea.
See Limacoidea and Euconulidae
Family (biology)
Family (familia,: familiae) is one of the nine major hierarchical taxonomic ranks in Linnaean taxonomy.
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Gastrodontidae
Gastrodontidae is a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Gastrodontoidea (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005). Limacoidea and Gastrodontidae are Stylommatophora.
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Gastrodontoidea
Gastrodontoidea is a taxonomic superfamily of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the limacoid clade. Limacoidea and Gastrodontoidea are gastropod superfamilies and Stylommatophora.
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Gastropoda
Gastropods, commonly known as slugs and snails, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda.
Helicarionidae
Helicarionidae is a family of air-breathing land snails or semi-slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Helicarionoidea. Limacoidea and Helicarionidae are Stylommatophora.
See Limacoidea and Helicarionidae
Helicarionoidea
Helicarionoidea is a superfamily of air-breathing land snails and semi-slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the infraorder Limacoidei. Limacoidea and Helicarionoidea are gastropod superfamilies and Stylommatophora.
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Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
Jean-Baptiste Pierre Antoine de Monet, chevalier de Lamarck (1 August 1744 – 18 December 1829), often known simply as Lamarck, was a French naturalist, biologist, academic, and soldier.
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Journal of Biogeography
The Journal of Biogeography is a peer-reviewed scientific journal in biogeography that was established in 1974.
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Limacidae
Limacidae, also known by their common name the keelback slugs, are a taxonomic family of medium-sized to very large, air-breathing land slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Limacoidea. Limacoidea and Limacidae are Stylommatophora.
Limacoidei
The Limacoidei is a taxonomic infraorder of air-breathing land snails, semislugs and slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the suborder Helicina. Limacoidea and Limacoidei are Stylommatophora.
Limax maximus
Limax maximus (literally, "biggest slug"), known by the common names great grey slug and leopard slug, is a species of slug in the family Limacidae, the keeled slugs.
See Limacoidea and Limax maximus
Milacidae
Milacidae is a family of air-breathing, keeled, land slugs. Limacoidea and Milacidae are Stylommatophora.
Mollusca
Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals, after Arthropoda; members are known as molluscs or mollusks.
Oxychilidae
Oxychilidae is a taxonomic family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Gastrodontoidea. Limacoidea and Oxychilidae are Stylommatophora.
See Limacoidea and Oxychilidae
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). Limacoidea and Parmacellidae are Stylommatophora.
See Limacoidea and Parmacellidae
Parmacelloidea
Parmacelloidea is a superfamily of air-breathing land slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the clade Stylommatophora and the informal group Pulmonata. Limacoidea and Parmacelloidea are gastropod superfamilies and Stylommatophora.
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Phylogenetics
In biology, phylogenetics is the study of the evolutionary history and relationships among or within groups of organisms.
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Pristilomatidae
Pristilomatidae is a taxonomic family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Gastrodontoidea. Limacoidea and Pristilomatidae are Stylommatophora.
See Limacoidea and Pristilomatidae
Pulmonata
Pulmonata or pulmonates is an informal group (previously an order, and before that, a subclass) of snails and slugs characterized by the ability to breathe air, by virtue of having a pallial lung instead of a gill, or gills.
Slug
Slug, or land slug, is a common name for any apparently shell-less terrestrial gastropod mollusc. Limacoidea and slug are Stylommatophora.
Staffordiidae
Staffordiidae is a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Trochomorphoidea. Limacoidea and Staffordiidae are Stylommatophora.
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Stylommatophora
Stylommatophora is an orderPhilippe Bouchet, Jean-Pierre Rocroi, Bernhard Hausdorf, Andrzej Kaim, Yasunori Kano, Alexander Nützel, Pavel Parkhaev, Michael Schrödl and Ellen E. Strong.
See Limacoidea and Stylommatophora
Taxonomic rank
In biology, taxonomic rank is the relative level of a group of organisms (a taxon) in an ancestral or hereditary hierarchy.
See Limacoidea and Taxonomic rank
Taxonomy (biology)
In biology, taxonomy is the scientific study of naming, defining (circumscribing) and classifying groups of biological organisms based on shared characteristics.
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Taxonomy of the Gastropoda (Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005)
The taxonomy of the Gastropoda as it was revised in 2005 by Philippe Bouchet and Jean-Pierre Rocroi is a system for the scientific classification of gastropod mollusks (Gastropods are a taxonomic class of animals which consists of snails and slugs of every kind, from the land, from freshwater, and from saltwater).
See Limacoidea and Taxonomy of the Gastropoda (Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005)
Terrestrial mollusc
Terrestrial molluscs or land molluscs (mollusks) are an ecological group that includes all molluscs that live on land in contrast to freshwater and marine molluscs.
See Limacoidea and Terrestrial mollusc
Trigonochlamydidae
Trigonochlamydidae is a family of air-breathing land slugs, terrestrial gastropod molluscs in the clade Eupulmonata (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005). Limacoidea and Trigonochlamydidae are Stylommatophora.
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Trochomorphidae
Trochomorphidae is a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Gastrodontoidea (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).
See Limacoidea and Trochomorphidae
Urocyclidae
Urocyclidae is a family of air-breathing land snails, semi-slugs and land slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Helicarionoidea, (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005). Limacoidea and Urocyclidae are Stylommatophora.
See Limacoidea and Urocyclidae
Vitrinidae
Vitrinidae is a family of small, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Limacoidea (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005). Limacoidea and Vitrinidae are Stylommatophora.
Zonitidae
Zonitidae, common name the true glass snails, are a family of mostly rather small, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Zonitoidea. Limacoidea and Zonitidae are Stylommatophora.