clade Euthyneuraclade Panpulmonata clade Eupulmonata clade Stylommatophora
Oopeltidae is a family of air-breathing land slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Arionoidea (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).
The family Oopeltidae consists of two subfamilies:
Genera in the family Oopeltidae include:
Oopeltinae
Ariopeltinae
Two genera of Ariopeltinae live in South Africa.[2] Ariopelta capensis and Ariostralis nebulosa are relict primitive species[4] in the Cape Fold Mountains. In the Landdroskop area there are melanistic populations of these slugs.[4]