''Parmacella'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...

of air-breathing land

slug Slug, or land slug, is a common name for any apparently shell-less terrestrial gastropod mollusc. The word ''slug'' is also often used as part of the common name of any gastropod mollusc that has no shell, a very reduced shell, or only a smal ...

terrestrial Terrestrial refers to things related to land or the planet Earth. Terrestrial may also refer to: * Terrestrial animal, an animal that lives on land opposed to living in water, or sometimes an animal that lives on or near the ground, as opposed to ...

gastropod The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda (). This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...

mollusk Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 85,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized. The number of fossil species is e ...

s in the family

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). This family has no subfamilies (ac ...

. Slugs within this genus create and use

love darts A love dart (also known as a gypsobelum, shooting darts, or just as darts) is a sharp, calcareous or chitinous dart which some hermaphroditic land snails and slugs create. Love darts are both formed and stored internally in a dart sac. The ...

Species

Species within the genus ''Parmacella'' include:Species in genus ''Parmacella''
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Cryptella canariensis ''Cryptella canariensis''"''Cryptella'' Webb & Bert ...

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Parmacella canariensis ''Parmacella'' is a genus of air-breathing land slugs, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Parmacellidae. Slugs within this genus create and use love darts. Species Species within the genus ''Parmacella'' include: * '' Parmacella oli ...

'' (Webb & Berthelot, 1833) * '' Parmacella deshayesi'' Moquin-Tandon, 1848 * '' Parmacella festae'' Gambetta, 1925 * '' Parmacella gervaisii'' Moquin-Tandon, 1850 - extinctFontaine B., Bouchet P., Van Achterberg K., Alonso-Zarazaga M. A., Araujo R. et al. (2007). "The European union’s 2010 target: Putting rare species in focus." ''Biological Conservation'' 139: 167-185. Table 2 on the page 173.
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* '' Parmacella ibera'' Eichwald, 1841Kantor Yu I., Vinarski M. V., Schileyko A. A. & Sysoev A. V. (published online on December 22, 2009). "Catalogue of the continental mollusks of Russia and adjacent territories"
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/ref> * '' Parmacella olivieri'' Cuvier, 1804 - type species * '' Parmacella tenerifensis'' Alonso, Ibanez & Diaz, 1985 * ''

Parmacella valenciennii ''Parmacella valenciennii'' is a species of air-breathing land slug, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Parmacellidae. Distribution The distribution of ''Parmacella valenciennii'' includes: * Southern Portugal (south of ...

'' Webb & Van Beneden, 1836

References

Parmacellidae Taxa named by Georges Cuvier Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Heterobranchia-stub