Binneyidae
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Binneyidae is a family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...

 of air-breathing land slug
Slug
Slug is a common name that is normally applied to any gastropod mollusc that lacks a shell, has a very reduced shell, or has a small internal shell...

s, terrestrial
Terrestrial animal
Terrestrial animals are animals that live predominantly or entirely on land , as compared with aquatic animals, which live predominantly or entirely in the water , or amphibians, which rely on a combination of aquatic and terrestrial habitats...

 pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Arionoidea
Arionoidea
Arionoidea is a taxonomic group, a superfamily of air-breathing land slugs, shell-less terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks.- Families :Families within the superfamily Arionoidea include:* Arionidae* Anadenidae* Ariolimacidae* Binneyidae...

 (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005
Taxonomy of the Gastropoda (Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005)
The taxonomy of the Gastropoda as it was revised by Philippe Bouchet and Jean-Pierre Rocroi is currently the most up-to-date overall system for classifying gastropod mollusks...

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Genera

The family Binneyidae has no subfamilies.

Genera within the family Binneyidae include:
  • Binneya
    Binneya
    Binneya is a genus of air-breathing land slug, a shell-less terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Binneyidae.Binneya is the type genus of the family Binneyidae.-Species:Species within the genus Binneya include:...

    Cooper, 1863 - the type genus
  • Hemphillia
    Hemphillia
    Hemphillia is a genus of air-breathing land slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Arionidae, the roundback slugs.The generic name Hemphillia is in honor of an American malacologist Henry Hemphill .- Species :...

    Bland & Binney, 1872
  • ?Gliabates Webb, 1959
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