Xerosecta

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Xerosecta
Hygromidae - Xerosecta cespitum.jpg
A live but retracted individual of Xerosecta cespitum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group Sigmurethra
Superfamily:
Helicoidea
Family:
Geomitridae
Genus:
Xerosecta

Monterosato, 1892

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.

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

Species[]

Species within the genus Xerosecta include:

  • Xerosecta arnaizi

  • Xerosecta bodsonae

  • Xerosecta brunoti

  • Xerosecta castriesi

  • Xerosecta cespitum

  • Xerosecta edrissiana

  • Xerosecta explanata

  • Xerosecta globuloidea

  • Xerosecta mogadorensis fusca

  • Xerosecta pharussica alba

  • Xerosecta pharussica minor

  • Xerosecta submoesta (white form)

  • Xerosecta submoesta (banded form)

  • Xerosecta submoesta (brown form)

  • Xerosecta vaucheri

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.

External links[]

  • Species list at: [1]
  • Taxonomy and a good shell image at: [2]
  • Excellent info at: [3]


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