Oopeltidae 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).
| Oopeltidae | |
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| Ariostralis nebulosa | |
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| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura |
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| Family: | Oopeltidae |
Subfamilies and genera edit
The family Oopeltidae consists of two subfamilies:
- Oopeltinae Cockerell, 1891
- Ariopeltinae Sirgel, 1985[2]
Genera in the family Oopeltidae include:
Oopeltinae
- Oopelta Mörch [in Heynemann], 1867 - type genus of the family Oopeltidae
Ariopeltinae
- Ariopelta Sirgel, 1985[2] - type genus of the subfamily Ariopeltinae
- Ariopelta capensis Krauss, 1848 - type species, synonym: Limax (Limas) capensis Krauss, 1848
- Ariopelta variegata Sirgel, 2012[3]
- Ariostralis
Distribution edit
Two genera of Ariopeltinae live in South Africa.[2] Ariopelta capensis and Ariostralis nebulosa are relict primitive species[4] in the Cape Fold Mountains. In the Landdroskop area there are melanistic populations of these slugs.[4]
References edit
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- ^ Cockerell T. D. A. (1891). "On the geographical distribution of slugs". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1891(2): 214-226. Oopeltidae is on pages 216 and 222.
- ^ a b c Sirgel W. F. (1985). "A new subfamily of Arionidae (Mollusca, Pulmonata)". Annals of the Natal Museum 26(2): 471-487. Ariopeltinae is on the page 473.
- ^ Sirgel, W.F. 2012. A new species of Oopeltidae (Mollusca, Pulmonata, Arionoidea), with a revision of the subfamily Ariopeltinae and remarks on its affinities within the family and superfamily. African Invertebrates 53 (2): 527-542.[1]
- ^ a b Costandius E. (2005). The Landdroskop area in the Hottentots Holland Mountains as a refugium for melanistic lizard species: an analysis for conservation. Department of Botany and Zoology, University of Stellenbosch, 76 pp.