Oopeltidae

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).

Subfamilies and genera
The family Oopeltidae consists of two subfamilies:
 * Oopeltinae Cockerell, 1891
 * Ariopeltinae Sirgel, 1985

Genera in the family Oopeltidae include:

Oopeltinae
 * Oopelta Mörch [in Heynemann], 1867 - type genus of the family Oopeltidae
 * Oopelta nigropunctata

Ariopeltinae
 * Ariopelta Sirgel, 1985 - type genus of the subfamily Ariopeltinae
 * Ariopelta capensis Krauss, 1848 - type species, synonym: Limax (Limas) capensis Krauss, 1848
 * Ariopelta variegata Sirgel, 2012
 * Ariostralis
 * Ariostralis nebulosa

Distribution
Two genera of Ariopeltinae live in South Africa. Ariopelta capensis and Ariostralis nebulosa are relict primitive species in the Cape Fold Mountains. In the Landdroskop area there are melanistic populations of these slugs.