Bradybaena

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Bradybaena
Bradybaena similaris shell.jpg
A shell of Bradybaena similaris
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Camaenidae
Subfamily: Bradybaeninae
Genus: Bradybaena
(Beck, 1837)
Type species
Helix similaris
Férussac, 1822
Synonyms [1]
  • Bradybaena (Bradybaena)H. Beck, 1837
  • Bradybaena thakkholensisSchileyko & Kuznetsov, 1998
  • Eulota (Eulotella)E. von Martens, 1891
  • EulotellaE. von Martens, 1891
  • Helix (Bradybaena)Beck, 1837 (original rank)
  • Helix (Eulotella)E. von Martens, 1891

Bradybaena [2] is a genus of small, air-breathing land snails, or terrestrial molluscs in the family Camaenidae. [1]

Contents

Species of snail within this genus create and use love darts prior to mating.

Distribution

This genus occurs in eastern and southern Asia. The European species Fruticicola fruticum was previously in this genus.

Species

Species brought into synonymy

References

  1. 1 2 MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Bradybaena H. Beck, 1837. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=818138 on 2020-06-19
  2. AnimalBase Göttingen: Genus summary for Bradybaena