Marmorana
Marmorana | |
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Shell of Marmorana muralis (specimen at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
Superorder: | Eupulmonata |
Order: | Stylommatophora |
Infraorder: | |
Superfamily: | Helicoidea |
Family: | Helicidae |
Genus: | Marmorana W. Hartmann, 1844[1] |
Type species | |
Helix serpentina A. Férussac, 1821 | |
Synonyms[2] | |
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Marmorana is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily of the family Helicidae. [2]
Anatomy[]
Species within this genus create and use love darts as part of their mating behavior.
Love dart of Marmorana serpentina
Love dart of Marmorana scabriuscula
Taxonomy[]
Marmorana is paraphyletic.[3]
Species[]
Species within the genus Marmorana include:[4][5]
- (Rossmässler, 1842)
- (Philippi, 1836)
- † (De Stefani, 1880)
- (A. Férussac, 1821)
- (O. F. Müller, 1774)
- (O. F. Müller, 1774)
- Marmorana platychela (Menke, 1830)
- † (Tuccimei, 1889)
- (Paulucci, 1886)
- Marmorana scabriuscula (Deshayes, 1832)
- Marmorana serpentina (A. Férussac, 1821) - type species
- [citation needed]
- (A. Férussac, 1821)
References[]
- ^ Hartmann, J. D. W. 1840: Erd- und Süsswasser-Gasteropoden. pp. i-xx [= 1-20], 1-227, Tab. I-XII [= 1-12], I-XII [sic, = 13-24], 25-84. St. Gallen. (Scheitlin & Zollikofer).
- ^ Jump up to: a b MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Marmorana W. Hartmann, 1844. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=996444 on 2021-06-24
- ^ Fiorentino V., Salomone N., Manganelli G. & Giusti F. (2010). "Historical biogeography of Tyrrhenian land snails: The Marmorana–Tyrrheniberus radiation (Pulmonata, Helicidae)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 55(1): 26-37. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2009.11.024.
- ^ Taxonomy and species list
- ^ Species in genus Marmorana. AnimalBase, accessed 7 April 2009.
- Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16th, 2017.
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