Monadenia

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Monadenia
Monadenia fidelis 15008.JPG
Monadenia fidelis
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Superfamily: Helicoidea
Family: Xanthonychidae
Subfamily: Monadeniinae
Genus: Monadenia
Pilsbry, 1895[1]
Synonyms
  • Monadenia (Corynadenia) Berry, 1940· accepted, alternate representation
  • Monadenia (Monadenia) Pilsbry, 1895· accepted, alternate representation
  • Monadenia (Shastelix) B. Roth, 1981· accepted, alternate representation

Monadenia is a genus of air-breathing land snails in the subfamily Monadeniinae. [2]

These pulmonate, terrestrial molluscs belong to the gastropod class.

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

Species[]

Species within the genus Monadenia include:

  • † (Stearns, 1900)
  • S.S. Berry, 1940
  • S.S. Berry, 1940
  • Hanna & A.G. Smith, 1933
  • Monadenia circumcarinata (Stearns, 1879) - keeled sideband
  • S.S. Berry, 1940
  • † (Stearns, 1902)
  • Monadenia fidelis (J. E. Gray, 1834)
  • Monadenia infumata (Gould, 1855)
  • † (Conrad, 1871)
  • A.G. Smith, 1957
  • S.S. Berry, 1940
  • (L. Pfeiffer, 1857)
  • S.S. Berry, 1955
  • (H.N. Lowe, 1916)
Species brought into synonymy
  • Monadenia rotifer S. S. Berry, 1940: synonym of Monadenia marmarotis S.S. Berry, 1940
  • Monadenia semialba Henderson, 1929: synonym of Monadenia fidelis fidelis (Gray, 1834)
  • Monadenia setosaTalmadge, 1952 - Trinity bristle snail: synonym of Monadenia infumata setosa Talmadge, 1952
  • Monadenia troglodytes Hanna & A.G. Smith, 1933 - shasta sideband: synonym of Monadenia troglodytes troglodytes Hanna & A.G. Smith, 1933

References[]

  1. ^ Pilsbry H. A. (1895). In: Tryon G. W. & Pilsbry H. A. Manual of Conchology (2)9: 198.
  2. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Monadenia Pilsbry, 1895. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=995491 on 2021-02-25
  • Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16, 2017

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