Xerosecta

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Xerosecta
Hygromidae - Xerosecta cespitum.jpg
A live but retracted individual of Xerosecta cespitum
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Geomitridae
Subfamily: Helicellinae
Genus: Xerosecta
Monterosato, 1892
Type species
Helix explanata
O. F. Müller, 1774
Synonyms
  • Cernuella (Xeromagna)Monterosato, 1892 · (superseded generic combination)
  • Cernuella (Xerosecta)Monterosato, 1892 ·
  • Helicella (Xeromagna)Monterosato, 1892 ·
  • Helix (Jacosta)Gray, 1821 · (invalid: Placed on Index)
  • JacostaGray, 1821 · (invalid: Placed on the Official...)
  • PolloneriaAlzona & Alzona Bisacchi, 1939 · (homonym: non Clausilia...)
  • PolloneriellaAlzona & Alzona Bisacchi, 1940 ·
  • XerambiguaMonterosato, 1892 ·
  • XeromagnaMonterosato, 1892 ·
  • XeromoestaMonterosato, 1892 ·
  • Xerosecta (Polloneriella)Alzona & Alzona Bisacchi, 1940 · alternate representation
  • Xerosecta (Xeromagna)Monterosato, 1892 · alternate representation
  • Xerosecta (Xerosecta)Monterosato, 1892 · alternate representation

Xerosecta is a genus of small, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Helicellinae of the family Geomitridae, [1] the hairy snails and their allies.

Contents

Snails in this genus create and use love darts as part of their mating behavior.

Species

Species within the genus Xerosecta include:

Synonyms

References

  1. 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.
  2. WMSDB: Xerosecta leptocolpata
  3. "University of Michigan: Invert E Base". Archived from the original on 23 January 2025. Retrieved 21 September 2023.