Monadenia

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Monadenia
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Monadenia fidelis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
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:

Species brought into synonymy

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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