Xeromunda durieui | |
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Shell of Xeromunda durieui (specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center) | |
Drawing of love dart of Xeromunda durieui. Cross-section (on the left) and lateral view (on the right) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
Order: | Stylommatophora |
Family: | Geomitridae |
Genus: | Xeromunda |
Species: | X. durieui |
Binomial name | |
Xeromunda durieui (Pfeiffer, 1848) | |
Xeromunda durieui is a species of small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Geomitridae, the hairy snails and their allies. [1]
This species of snail makes and uses love darts as part of its mating behavior.
This snail is native to south Italy, North Africa and possibly to Cyprus.
Placostylus, or flax snails, are a genus of very large, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Bothriembryontidae.
Succinea, common name the amber snails, is a large genus of small, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Succineidae.
Helicina is a genus of tropical and subtropical land snails with an operculum, terrestrial gastropod mollusks.
Xerosecta adolfi is species of small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Geomitridae, the hairy snails and their allies.
Monachoides incarnatus is a species of air-breathing land snail in the terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk family Hygromiidae, the hairy snails and their allies.
Linisa is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Polygyrinae of the family Polygyridae.
Sphyradium is a genus of very small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Orculidae within the superfamily Pupilloidea.
Xeromunda is a genus of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Helicellinae of the family Geomitridae, the harry snails and their allies.
Perpolita petronella is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Gastrodontidae.
Clausilia cruciata is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Clausiliidae.
Backeljaia gigaxii is a species of air-breathing land snail, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Geomitridae.
Leptopoma perlucidum is a species of land snail with a gill and an operculum, a terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Cyclophoridae.
Xerocrassa seetzeni is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Geomitridae.
Plekocheilus is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Amphibulimidae.
Trochoidea spratti is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Geomitridae, the hairy snails and their allies.
Trochoidea tarentina is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Geomitridae, the hairy snails and their allies.
Xerocrassa cretica is a species of air-breathing land snail, a pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Geomitridae.
Porphyrobaphe is a genus of land snails in the family Orthalicidae.
Geomitridae is a taxonomic family of small to medium-sized air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Helicoidea.
Metastoma is a monotypic genus of land snail in the family Holospiridae.