Talk:Pulmonata

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Hello! This is a note to let the editors of this article know that File:Pulmonata.jpg will be appearing as picture of the day on July 6, 2012. You can view and edit the POTD blurb at Template:POTD/2012-07-06. If this article needs any attention or maintenance, it would be preferable if that could be done before its appearance on the Main Page so Wikipedia doesn't look bad. :) Thanks! —howcheng {chat} 17:11, 5 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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An illustration of various Pulmonata (and one predator arthropod in the lower right), an informal group of snails and slugs characterized by the ability to breathe air, by virtue of having a pallial lung instead of a gill, or gills. Pulmonata was previously a formal taxon but lost its status as one in 2010. The group includes many land and freshwater families, and several marine families. Most species have a shell, but no operculum, although the group does also include several shell-less slugs. Pulmonates are hermaphroditic, and some groups possess love darts.Artist: H. Morin; Restoration: Citron

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Informality

Is there a reason this group is informal? Is it not monophyletic? --♦♦♦Vlmastra♦♦♦ (talk) 11:51, 6 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I just clarified the current status of Pulmonata: based on the study by Jörger et al 2010 it is polyphyletic with respect to Sacoglossans and several other groups. Animalparty (talk) 18:22, 4 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]