Parmarion
{{Short description|Genus of semislugs}}
{{Taxobox
| name = Parmarion
| image = Yellow-shelled Semi-slug (Parmarion martensi) (8066259575).jpg
| regnum = Animalia
| phylum = Mollusca
| classis = Gastropoda
| unranked_superfamilia = clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
clade Sigmurethra
clade limacoid clade
| superfamilia = Helicarionoidea
| familia = Ariophantidae
| subfamilia = Ostracolethinae
| genus = Parmarion
| genus_authority = Fischer, 1856Fischer (1856). Actes de la {{ill|Société linnéenne de Bordeaux|lt=Société Linnéenne de Bordeaux|fr|Société linnéenne de Bordeaux}} 20: [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32745118 395].
}}
Parmarion is a genus of air-breathing land semi-slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Ariophantidae. Parmarion is the type genus of the Parmarioninae, which is a synonym of Ostracolethinae.{{Bouchet 2005}}
Species of snails within this family make and use love darts.
Species
Species within the genus Parmarion include:
- Parmarion martensi Simroth, 1893
- Parmarion kersteni von Martens, 1869
References
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Further reading
- van Bentham Jutting W. S. S. (1950). "Systematic studies on the non-marine Mollusca of the Indo-Australian Archipelago. II. Critical revision of the Javanese pulmonate land-snails of the families Helicarionidae, Pleurodontidae, Fruticicolidae & Streptaxidae". Treubia 20: 381-505.
External links
- Taxonomy: [http://zipcodezoo.com/Animals/P/Parmarion%5Fkersteni/]
- Image of a mating pair at [http://ecol.zool.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~hoso/image/photo/12.jpg{{dead link|date=March 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}]
- Image of an individual: [http://www.siamensis.org/images/webboard_images/OthersPics_reply_35466.jpg{{dead link|date=March 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}]
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