Limacoidea

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).

Limacoidea
A live individual of Limax maximus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Stylommatophora
Infraorder:	Limacoidei
Superfamily:	Limacoidea Lamarck, 1801[1]
Families
See text

The Helixarionoidea were previously placed in this superfamily.

Families

The following four families have been recognized in the taxonomy of Bouchet & Rocroi (2005):

• Limacidae
• Agriolimacidae
• Boettgerillidae
• Vitrinidae

Cladogram

A cladogram shows the phylogenic relation of this superfamily to other superfamilies in the limacoid clade:^[2]

limacoid clade	Staffordioidea Staffordiidae Dyakioidea Dyakiidae Gastrodontoidea Pristilomatidae Chronidae Euconulidae Trochomorphidae Gastrodontidae Oxychilidae Parmacelloidea Trigonochlamydidae Parmacellidae Milacidae Zonitoidea Zonitidae Helicarionoidea Helicarionidae Ariophantidae Urocyclidae Limacoidea Vitrinidae Boettgerillidae Limacidae Agriolimacidae