| Rossmaessleria | |
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| Shell of Rossmaessleria sultana (syntype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Superorder: | Eupulmonata |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Infraorder: | Helicoidei |
| Superfamily: | Helicoidea |
| Family: | Helicidae |
| Genus: | Rossmaessleria P. Hesse, 1907 |
Rossmaessleria is a genus of land snails in the subfamily Helicinae of the family Helicidae. [1]
This genus of snail is native to northwestern Africa and southwestern Europe.
These snails create and shoot love darts as part of their courtship and mating behavior.
Species within the genus Rossmaessleria include:
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