Pallifera
Pallifera fosteri
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Philomycidae
Genus: Pallifera
E. S. Morse, 1864
Species

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Pallifera is a genus of air-breathing land slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Philomycidae.

Species

Species include:[1]

  • Pallifera costaricensis (Mörch, 1857) [2]
  • 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)[3] (simplified):

 Meghimatium 

 Philomycus 

 Pallifera 

 Megapallifera 

 Arion 

 Deroceras 

Arion and Deroceras were used as outgroup.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Pallifera. Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
  2. ↑ Barrientos, Zaidett (2003). "Lista de especies de moluscos terrestres (Archaeogastropoda, Mesogastropoda, Archaeopulmonata, Stylommatophora, Soleolifera) informadas para Costa Rica". Revista Biología Tropical. 51: 293–304.
  3. 1 2 Tsai C.-L. & Wu S.-K. (2008). A new Meghimatium slug (Pulmonata: Philomycidae) from Taiwan. Zoological Studies 47(6): 759-766. PDF.
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