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Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Spiralia
Cladus: Lophotrochozoa
Phylum: Mollusca
Classis: Gastropoda
Subclassis: Heterobranchia
Infraclassis: Euthyneura
Cohors: Tectipleura
Subcohors: Panpulmonata
Superordo: Eupulmonata
Ordo: Stylommatophora
Subordo: Helicina
Infraordo: Arionoidei
Superfamilia: Arionoidea

Familia: Ariolimacidae
Subfamilia (2): AriolimacinaeZacoleinae
Overview of genera (8)

Anadenulus – Ariolimax – Hesperarion – Magnipelta – Meadarion – Prophysaon – Udosarx – Zacoleus
Name

Ariolimacidae Pilsbry & Vanatta, 1898
References

Pilsbry, H.A., & E.G. Vanatta. 1898. Revision of the North American slugs: Binneya, Hemphillia, Hesperarion, Prophysaon, and Anadenulus. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 50: 227.
Bouchet, P., & J.-P. Rocroi. 2005. Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. Malacologia 47(1-2): 269, 283.
Wiktor, A., D.-W. Chen, & W. Ming. 2000. Stylommatophoran slugs of China (Gastropoda: Pulmonata) — prodromus. Folia Malacologica 8(1): 6.

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Ariolimacidae in the World Register of Marine Species

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[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

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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