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Marmorana

{{Short description|Genus of gastropods}}

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|taxon = Marmorana

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|image = Marmorana muralis (MNHN-IM-2010-13175).jpeg

|image_caption = Shell of Marmorana muralis (specimen at MNHN, Paris)

|authority = W. Hartmann, 1844Hartmann, J. D. W. 1840: Erd- und Süsswasser-Gasteropoden. pp. i-xx [= 1-20], 1-227, Tab. I-XII [= 1-12], I-XII [sic, = 13-24], 25-84. St. Gallen. (Scheitlin & Zollikofer).

|type_species = Helix serpentina A. Férussac, 1821

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|synonyms =

  • Helix (Marmorana) W. Hartmann, 1844
  • Marmorana (Ambigua) Westerlund, 1903· accepted, alternate representation
  • Marmorana (Marmorana) W. Hartmann, 1844· accepted, alternate representation
  • Marmorana (Murella) L. Pfeiffer, 1877· accepted, alternate representation
  • Murella L. Pfeiffer, 1877
  • Murella (Opica) Kobelt, 1904
  • Opica Kobelt, 1904

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Marmorana is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Murellinae of the family Helicidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Marmorana W. Hartmann, 1844. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=996444 on 2021-06-24

Anatomy

Species within this genus create and use love darts as part of their mating behavior.

File:Marmorana serpentina dart.jpg|Love dart of Marmorana serpentina

File:Marmorana scabriuscula dart.jpg|Love dart of Marmorana scabriuscula

Taxonomy

Marmorana is paraphyletic.Fiorentino V., Salomone N., Manganelli G. & Giusti F. (2010). "Historical biogeography of Tyrrhenian land snails: The Marmorana–Tyrrheniberus radiation (Pulmonata, Helicidae)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 55(1): 26-37. {{doi|10.1016/j.ympev.2009.11.024}}.

Species

Species within the genus Marmorana include:[https://www.uniprot.org/taxonomy/145619 Taxonomy and species list][http://www.animalbase.uni-goettingen.de/zooweb/servlet/AnimalBase/list/species?taxongenus=2707 Species in genus Marmorana]. AnimalBase, accessed 7 April 2009.

References

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  • Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16, 2017.

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Category:Helicidae

Category:Gastropod genera

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