Limacoidea
{{Short description|Superfamily of gastropods}}
{{Automatic Taxobox
| image = DSCF8715 slug curled up lg.jpg
| image_caption = A live individual of Limax maximus
| taxon = Limacoidea
| authority = Lamarck, 1801{{in lang|fr}} Lamarck J.-B. 1801. Système des animaux sans vertèbres, ou tableau général des classes, des ordres et des genres de ces animaux; présentant leurs caractères essentiels et leur distribution, d'après la considération de leurs… Paris, Detreville, VIII: 1-432. Page 62, originally spelled under vernacular name "es Limaciers".
| subdivision_ranks = Families
| subdivision = See text
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Limacoidea is a taxonomic superfamily of medium-sized to large, air-breathing land slugs and snails. They are terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the infraorder Stylommatophora (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).
The Helixarionoidea were previously placed in this superfamily.
Families
The following four families have been recognized in the taxonomy of Bouchet & Rocroi (2005):
Cladogram
A cladogram shows the phylogenic relation of this superfamily to other superfamilies in the limacoid clade:Hausdorf B. (March 2000). "Biogeography of the Limacoidea sensu lato (Gastropoda: Stylommatophora): Vicariance Events and Long-Distance Dispersal". Journal of Biogeography 27(2): 379-390. {{doi|10.1046/j.1365-2699.2000.00403.x}}, [https://www.jstor.org/stable/2656267 JSTOR].
{{clade
|label1=limacoid clade
|1={{clade
|label1=Staffordioidea
|2={{clade
|1={{clade
|label1=Dyakioidea
|1=Dyakiidae
|label2=Gastrodontoidea
|2={{clade
|2={{clade
|1=Chronidae
|2={{clade
|1=Euconulidae
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|3={{clade
|2=Oxychilidae
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|2={{clade
|label1=Parmacelloidea
|1={{clade
|3=Milacidae
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|2={{clade
|1={{clade
|label1=Zonitoidea
|1=Zonitidae
|label2=Helicarionoidea
|2={{clade
|2={{clade
|2=Urocyclidae
}}
}}
}}
|label2=Limacoidea
|2={{clade
|1=Vitrinidae
|2={{clade
|2={{clade
|1=Limacidae
}}
}}
}}
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References
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Further reading
- {{cite journal | doi=10.1093/mollus/64.1.35 | author=Hausdorf B.| title=Phylogeny of the Limacoidea sensu lato (Gastropoda, Stylommatophora)| journal=Journal of Molluscan Studies| year=1998| volume=64| pages=35–66| issue=1| doi-access=free}}
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