Ariolimacidae

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).

Subfamilies and genera

The family Ariolimacidae consists of the two subfamilies:

• Ariolimacinae Pilsbry & Vanatta, 1898
• Zacoleinae Webb, 1959

Genera in the family Ariolimacidae include:

Ariolimacinae

• Anadenulus <small>Cockerell, 1890</small>
• Ariolimax Mörch, 1859 - banana slug - the type genus of the family Ariolimacidae
• Hesperarion <small>Simroth, 1891</small>
• Magnipelta <small>Pilsbry, 1953</small>
• Meadarion <small>Pilsbry, 1948</small>
• Prophysaon <small>Bland & W.G. Binney, 1873</small>
• Udosarx <small>Webb, 1959</small>

Zacoleinae

• Zacoleus Pilsbry, 1903 - the type genus of the subfamily Zacoleinae

• Aphallarion <small>Pilsbry & Vanatta, 1896</small>: synonym of Ariolimax <small>Mörch, 1859</small>
• Limacarion <small>J.G. Cooper, 1879</small>: synonym of Prophysaon <small>Bland & W.G. Binney, 1873</small>
• Phenacarion <small>Cockerell, 1890</small>: synonym of Prophysaon <small>Bland & W.G. Binney, 1873</small>

References

• 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.