Ariolimacidae is a family of air-breathing land slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Arionoidea (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).
Subfamilies and genera The family Ariolimacidae consists of the two subfamilies: Ariolimacinae Pilsbry & Vanatta, 1898 Zacoleinae Webb, 1959Webb. (14 February) 1959. Gastropodia, 1(3):22.
Genera in the family Ariolimacidae include:
Ariolimacinae Anadenulus Cockerell, 1890 Ariolimax Mörch, 1859 - banana slug - the type genus of the family Ariolimacidae Hesperarion Simroth, 1891 Magnipelta Pilsbry, 1953 Meadarion Pilsbry, 1948 Prophysaon Bland & W.G. Binney, 1873 Udosarx Webb, 1959
Zacoleinae Zacoleus Pilsbry, 1903 - the type genus of the subfamily Zacoleinae
Genera brought into synonymy Aphallarion Pilsbry & Vanatta, 1896: synonym of Ariolimax Mörch, 1859 Limacarion J.G. Cooper, 1879: synonym of Prophysaon Bland & W.G. Binney, 1873 Phenacarion Cockerell, 1890: synonym of Prophysaon Bland & W.G. Binney, 1873
References
Bouchet P., Rocroi J.P., Hausdorf B., Kaim A., Kano Y., Nützel A., Parkhaev P., Schrödl M. & Strong E.E. (2017). Revised classification, nomenclator and typification of gastropod and monoplacophoran families. Malacologia. 61(1-2): 1–526.