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 (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).
Slugs in this family make and use love darts made of chitin.
Distribution The distribution of the family Parmacellidae includes the western Palearctic, and ranges from the Canary Islands and Europe to Afghanistan."Family summary for Parmacellidae". AnimalBase, last modified 21 February 2009, accessed 1 September 2010.
Genera Genera within family Parmacellidae include: Candaharia Godwin-Austen, 1888 subgenus Levanderiella Schileyko, 2007 Cryptella Webb & Berthelot, 1833Parmacellidae. Fauna Europaea, accessed 19 November 2009. Parmacella Cuvier, 1804 - type genus
Cladogram The following cladogram shows the phylogenic relationship of this family with the other families in the limacoid clade:Hausdorf B. (2000). "Biogeography of the Limacoidea sensu lato (Gastropoda: Stylommatophora): Vicariance Events and Long-Distance Dispersal". Journal of Biogeography 27(2): 379-390. , JSTOR.
References
Further reading
Schileyko A. A. (2003). "Treatise on recent terrestrial pulmonate mollusks. 10. Ariophantidae, Ostracolethaidae, Ryssotidae, Milacidae, Dyakiidae, Staffordiidae, Gastrodontidae, Zonitidae, Daudebardiidae, Parmacellidae". Ruthenica, Supplement 2. 1309–1466.