Oopeltidae
Oopeltidae is a family of air-breathing land slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Arionoidea.Subfamilies and genera
The family Oopeltidae consists of two subfamilies:
Genera in the family Oopeltidae include:
Oopeltinae
Ariopeltinae
Ariopelta Sirgel, 1985 - type genus of the subfamily Ariopeltinae* Ariopelta capensis Krauss, 1848 - type species, synonym: Limax capensis Krauss, 1848* Ariopelta variegata Sirgel, 2012 Ariostralis* Ariostralis nebulosa''Distribution
Two genera of Ariopeltinae live in South Africa. Ariopelta capensis and Ariostralis nebulosa are relict primitive species in the Cape Fold Mountains. In the Landdroskop area there are melanistic populations of these slugs.
