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.
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| A live but retracted individual of Xerosecta cespitum | |
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| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata clade Eupulmonata clade Stylommatophora informal group Sigmurethra |
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| Genus: | Xerosecta Monterosato, 1892 |
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
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
- 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.
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