Talk:Pulmonata

File:Pulmonata.jpg to appear as POTD soon

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)

Picture of the day

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

Informality

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

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)