Pallifera is a genus of air-breathing land slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Philomycidae.
Species Species include:Pallifera. Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
Pallifera costaricensis (Mörch, 1857) Pallifera dorsalis (Binney, 1842) – pale mantleslug Pallifera fosteri – Foster mantleslug Pallifera hemphilli – black mantleslug Pallifera marmorea – marbled mantleslug Pallifera megaphallica – woody mantleslug Pallifera ohioensis – redfoot mantleslug Pallifera pilsbryi – Arizona mantleslug Pallifera ragsdalei – whiteface mantleslug Pallifera secreta – severed mantleslug Pallifera tournescalis – Ouachita mantleslug Pallifera varia – variable mantleslug
Cladogram A cladogram based on sequences of cytochrome-c oxidase I (COI) genes showing phylogenic relations of genera in the family Philomycidae by Tsai & Wu (2008)Tsai C.-L. & Wu S.-K. (2008). A new Meghimatium slug (Pulmonata: Philomycidae) from Taiwan. Zoological Studies 47(6): 759-766. PDF. (simplified):
Arion and Deroceras were used as outgroup.
References
External links LifeDesks, Terrestrial Slugs Web