Testacelloidea
| Testacelloidea | |
|---|---|
| |
| Drawing of the shelled slug, Testacella haliotidea | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | |
| Phylum: | |
| Class: | |
| Superfamily: | Testacelloidea Gray, 1840
|
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia
informal group Pulmonata |
| Families | |
|
| |
The Testacelloidea are a superfamily of air-breathing land slugs, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the informal group Sigmurethra.[1]
This taxonomy was based on the study by Nordsieck, published in 1986, [2] and the publication by Schileyko in 2000 [3]
Taxonomy
- Family Testacellidae Gray, 1840
- Family Oleacinidae H. Adams & A. Adams, 1855
- Family Spiraxidae H.B. Baker, 1939
References
- ^ Bouchet, P. & Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). "Classification and Nomenclator of Gastropod Families". Malacologia. 47 (1–2).
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ H. Nordsieck (1986). "The system of the Stylommatophora (Gastropoda), with special regard to the systematic position of the Clausiliidae, II. Importance of the shell and distribution". Archiv für Molluskenkunde. 117 (1–3): 93-116.
- ^ A.A. Schileyko (1998–2003). "Treatise on recent terrestrial pulmonate molluscs". Ruthenica. suppl. 2: 1-1626.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: date format (link)
 | This Heterobranchia-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |