Xerosecta | |
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A live but retracted individual of Xerosecta cespitum | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
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 | |
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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.
Snails in this genus create and use love darts as part of their mating behavior.
Species within the genus Xerosecta include: