Parmarion

Parmarion
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Parmarion

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.[1]

Species of snails within this family make and use love darts.

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  2. ^ Fischer (1856). Actes de la Société Linnéenne de Bordeaux [fr] 20: 395.