Xerosecta

Xerosecta is a genus of small, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Geomitridae,[1] the hairy snails and their allies.

Xerosecta
A live but retracted individual of Xerosecta cespitum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Phylum:
Class:
(unranked):
Superfamily:
Family:
Genus:
Xerosecta

Snails in this genus create and use love darts as part of their mating behavior.

Species

Species within the genus Xerosecta include:

  • Xerosecta adolfi
  • Xerosecta arigonis
  • Xerosecta cespitum
  • Xerosecta contermina
  • Xerosecta conspurcata
  • Xerosecta dohrni
  • Xerosecta explanata
  • Xerosecta giustii
  • Xerosecta hillyeriana
  • Xerosecta introducta
  • Xerosecta promissa
  • Xerosecta reboundiana
  • Xerosecta terverii
  • Xerosecta vaucheri
  • Xerosecta pharussica

References

  1. Razkin, Oihana; Gómez-Moliner, Benjamín Juán; Prieto, Carlos Enrique; Martínez-Ortí, Alberto; Arrébola, José Ramón; Muñoz, Benito; Chueca, Luis Javier; Madeira, María José (February 2015). "Molecular phylogeny of the western Palaearctic Helicoidea (Gastropoda, Stylommatophora)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 83: 99–117. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2014.11.014. PMID 25485783.
  • Species list at:
  • Taxonomy and a good shell image at:
  • Excellent info at:


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.