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| Five views of a shell of Xeromunda candiota (Pfeiffer, 1849) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Geomitridae |
| Subfamily: | Helicellinae |
| Genus: | Xeromunda Monterosato, 1892 |
| Type species | |
| Helix candiota L. Pfeiffer, 1849 | |
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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.
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
- 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
- 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
- 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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