Xeromunda
{{Short description|Genus of gastropods}}
{{Automatic taxobox
|image = Xeromunda_candiota_01.JPG
|image_caption = Five views of a shell of Xeromunda candiota (Pfeiffer, 1849)
|taxon = Xeromunda
|authority = Monterosato, 1892
|type_species = Helix candiota
|type_species_authority = L. Pfeiffer, 1849
|synonyms =
- Xeromunda (Candidella) Hausdorf, 1990
- Xerophila (Xeromunda) Monterosato, 1892
}}
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.MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Xeromunda Monterosato, 1892. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=996345 on 2022-08-03
Species of snails in this genus make and use love darts as part of their mating behavior.
Species
Species within the genus Xeromunda include:
- Xeromunda alticola Hausdorf, 1995
- Xeromunda candiota (L. Pfeiffer, 1849)
- Xeromunda durieui (L. Pfeiffer, 1848)
- Xeromunda mairei (Pallary, 1929) (synonym: Xerophila mairei Pallary, 1929)
- Xeromunda peloponnesia Hausdorf, 1990
- Xeromunda thessalica Hausdorf, 1990
- Xeromunda vulgarissima (Mousson, 1859)
References
{{Reflist}}
- Kobelt, W. (1892). Literaturbericht. Nachrichtsblatt der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft, 24 (7/8): 149–152. Frankfurt am Main
- Hausdorf, B. (1990). Die Xeromunda-Arten des griechischen Festlandes (Gastropoda: Hygromiidae). Archiv für Molluskenkunde, 119 (4/6): 107–131. Frankfurt am Main
- Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16, 2017
External links
- [http://www.animalbase.uni-goettingen.de/zooweb/servlet/AnimalBase/home/genus?id=816]
- [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33036879 Monterosato, T. A. di. (1892). Molluschi terrestri delle isole adiacenti alla Sicilia. Atti della Reale Accademia di Scienze, Lettere e Belle Arti di Palermo. 3rd Series, 2: 1-34]
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