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Other typographical variants are used by various other authors, for example capitalizing and restricting the use of the quote marks thus: "Limacoid" clade and "Limacoid clade".

2003 taxonomy by Schileyko

The study of A. Schileyko in this group, published in parts 8–11 of his monograph between 2002 and 2003, did not discuss the system that Hausdorf had proposed.⁷ However, Schileyko refers to the work of Hausdorf, where this system was proposed,⁸ in part 10 (2003) on p. 1390.⁹ So he was acquainted with this system before 2003.

Alternative taxonomy is as follows (subfamilies listed only for Helicarionidae and Zonitidae):

Superfamily Helicarionoidea
- Family Euconulidae
- Family Trochomorphidae
- Family Helicarionidae
  - Subfamily Geotrochinae
  - Subfamily Helicarioninae
  - Subfamily Papuarioninae
  - Subfamily Urocyclinae
- Family Gymnarionidae
- Family Rhysotinidae
- Family Ariophantidae
- Family Ostracolethidae
- Family Ryssotidae
- Family Milacidae
Superfamily Dyakioidea
- Family Dyakiidae
- Family Staffordiidae
Superfamily Gastrodontoidea
- Family Gastrodontidae
Superfamily Zonitoidea
- Family Zonitidae
  - Subfamily Pristilomatinae
  - Subfamily Godwiniinae
  - Subfamily Zonitinae
  - Subfamily Oxychilinae
- Family Daudebardiidae
- Family Parmacellidae
Superfamily Trigonochlamydoidea
- Family Trigonochlamydidae
Superfamily Vitrinoidea
- Family Vitrinidae
Superfamily Limacoidea
- Family Limacidae
- Family Agriolimacidae
- Family Boettgerillidae

Moreover, after these groups, in the same infraorder Limacoinei, Schileyko listed six more superfamilies: Camaenoidea, Xanthonychoidea, Helicoidea, Polygyroidea, Hygromioidea and Arionoidea.¹⁰

2005 taxonomy by Bouchet & Rocroi

Explanatory note

For this particular group of families, Bouchet & Rocroi adapted the taxonomic approach which was originally published by German malacologist Bernhard Hausdorf in 1998 in the Journal of Molluscan Studies.¹¹ Bouchet & Rocroi clearly state, on p. 283:¹²

The "limacoid clade" includes the families Staffordioidea, Dyakioidea, Gastrodontoidea, Parmacelloidea, Zonitoidea, Helicarionoidea and Limacoidea. Contents and classification after Hausdorf (1998).

However, in their paper, Bouchet & Rocroi (apparently accidentally) failed to show, graphically or typographically, any coverage of the limacoid clade in the taxonomic section of their paper, on pp. 268–269.

Because of this omission, some authors have subsequently (mistakenly) included in the "limacoid clade" the two following superfamilies: Arionoidea and Helicoidea. This misunderstanding was copied by Poppe & Tagaro (2006)¹³ who attempted to explain the changes within this taxonomy to the public. This same error is reproduced in various other internet sources.

Taxonomic list

The taxonomy of Bouchet and Rocroi ¹⁴ shows the "limacoid clade" as follows:

(Families that are exclusively fossil are indicated with a dagger †)

Superfamily Staffordioidea
- Family Staffordiidae
Superfamily Dyakioidea
- Family Dyakiidae
Superfamily Gastrodontoidea
- Family Gastrodontidae
- Family Chronidae
- Family Euconulidae
- Family Oxychilidae
- Family Pristilomatidae
- Family Trochomorphidae
- Fossil taxa probably belonging to the Gastrodontoidea
  - Subfamily † Archaeozonitinae
  - Subfamily † Grandipatulinae
  - Subfamily † Palaeoxestininae
Superfamily Parmacelloidea
- Family Parmacellidae
- Family Milacidae
- Family Trigonochlamydidae
Superfamily Zonitoidea
- Family Zonitidae
Superfamily Helicarionoidea
- Family Helicarionidae
- Family Ariophantidae
- Family Urocyclidae
Superfamily Limacoidea
- Family Limacidae
- Family Agriolimacidae
- Family Boettgerillidae
- Family Vitrinidae

Cladogram

A cladogram showing phylogenic relations of families in the limacoid clade:¹⁵

limacoid clade

	Euconulidae

	Trochomorphidae

	Gastrodontidae

	Oxychilidae

Parmacelloidea

	Trigonochlamydidae

	Parmacellidae

	Milacidae

	Ariophantidae

	Urocyclidae

Limacoidea

Vitrinidae

Boettgerillidae

	Limacidae

	Agriolimacidae

As explained in the previous section, the superfamilies Arionoidea and Helicoidea do not belong to the limacoid clade. However, they are sometimes mistakenly included in this taxon.

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

References

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"What does limacoid mean? Definition, meaning and audio pronunciation (Free English Language Dictionary)". http://www.audioenglish.net/dictionary/limacoid.htm ↩
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A.A. Schileyko (1998–2007). "Treatise on recent terrestrial pulmonate molluscs (in 15 parts)". Ruthenica (Suppl.): 1–2210. ↩
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A.A. Schileyko (1998–2007). "Treatise on recent terrestrial pulmonate molluscs (in 15 parts)". Ruthenica (Suppl.): 1–2210. ↩
A.A. Schileyko (1998–2007). "Treatise on recent terrestrial pulmonate molluscs (in 15 parts)". Ruthenica (Suppl.): 1–2210. ↩
B. Hausdorf (1998). "Phylogeny of the Limacoidea sensu lato (Gastropoda, Stylommatophora)". Journal of Molluscan Studies. 64 (1): 35–66. doi:10.1093/mollus/64.1.35. http://mollus.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/64/1/35 https://doi.org/10.1093%2Fmollus%2F64.1.35 ↩
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Poppe G. T. & Tagaro S. (23 February 2006). The New Classification of Gastropods According to Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005. Visaya Net. http://www.conchology.be/documents/visaya-net/en/download.php?file=tax_gastropod ↩
Bouchet, P.; Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). "Classification and Nomenclator of Gastropod Families". Malacologia. 47 (1–2). ↩
Hausdorf B. (2000). "Biogeography of the Limacoidea sensu lato (Gastropoda: Stylommatophora): Vicariance Events and Long-Distance Dispersal". Journal of Biogeography 27(2): 379–390. doi:10.1046/j.1365-2699.2000.00403.x, JSTOR. /wiki/Journal_of_Biogeography ↩