''Parmacella'' is a
genus 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 ...
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terrestrial 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 ...
mollusks in the family
Parmacellidae.
Slugs within this genus create and use
love darts.
Species
Species within the genus ''Parmacella'' include:
Species in genus ''Parmacella''
AnimalBase, accessed 19 November 2009.
* '' Cryptella canariensis'' Webb & Berthelot, 1833 / '' Parmacella canariensis'' (Webb & Berthelot, 1833)
* ''Parmacella deshayesi
''Parmacella deshayesi'' is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Parmacellidae.
Distribution
Distribution of this species include:
* Algeria
* Morocco
* It could also occur in the Iber ...
'' Moquin-Tandon, 1848
* ''Parmacella festae
''Parmacella festae'' is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Parmacellidae.
Distribution
The distribution of this species includes:
* Northern Egypt
* Northern Libya
Description
The ...
'' Gambetta, 1925
* ''Parmacella gervaisii
''Parmacella gervaisii'' is an extinct species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Parmacellidae.
''Parmacella gervaisii'' is considered to be extinct.
Distribution
This species was endemic to ...
'' Moquin-Tandon, 1850 - extinct[Fontaine 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
''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 oliv ...
'' Eichwald, 1841[Kantor 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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* ''Parmacella olivieri
''Parmacella olivieri'' is a species of air-breathing land slug, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Parmacellidae.
''Parmacella olivieri'' is the type species of the genus ''Parmacella''.
Distribution
The distribution of ...
'' Cuvier, 1804 - type species
* ''Parmacella tenerifensis
''Parmacella tenerifensis'' is a species of air-breathing land slug, a shell-less terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Parmacellidae.
This slug is listed as endangered species in the ''IUCN Red List of Threatened Species'', but it is li ...
'' Alonso, Ibanez & Diaz, 1985
* '' Parmacella valenciennii'' Webb & Van Beneden, 1836
References
Parmacellidae
Taxa named by Georges Cuvier
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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