Biology:Xerosecta
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Short description: Genus of gastropods
| Xerosecta | |
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| A live but retracted individual of Xerosecta cespitum | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Geomitridae |
| Subfamily: | Helicellinae |
| Genus: | Xerosecta Monterosato, 1892 |
| Type species | |
| Helix explanata O. F. Müller, 1774
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| 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
Species within the genus Xerosecta include:
- Xerosecta adolfi L. Pfeiffer, 1854)
- Xerosecta arigonis (A. Schmidt, 1853)
- Xerosecta brachyflagellata De Mattia & Mascia, 2014
- Xerosecta cespitum (Draparnaud, 1801)
- Xerosecta contermina (L. Pfeiffer, 1848)
- Xerosecta dohrni (Paulucci, 1882)
- Xerosecta explanata (O. F. Müller, 1774)
- Xerosecta giustii Manganelli & Favilli, 1996
- Xerosecta introducta (A. Villa & G. B. Villa, 1841)
- Xerosecta leptocolpata (P.M. Pallary, 1923) [2]
- Xerosecta pharussica (P.M. Pallary, 1926) [3]
- Xerosecta promissa (Westerlund, 1892)
- Xerosecta reboundiana (Bourguignat, 1863)
- Xerosecta sandaliotica De Mattia & Mascia, 2014
- Xerosecta terverii (Michaud, 1831)
- Xerosecta vaucheri (P.M. Pallary, 1901)
- Synonyms
- Xerosecta gvozdevi Soboleva, Rymzhanov & Plachov, 1995: synonym of Kalitinaia gvozdevi (Soboleva, Rymzhanov & Plachov, 1995) (superseded combination, basionym)
- Xerosecta hillyeriana (M. Paulucci, 1882): synonym of Xerosecta dohrni (Paulucci, 1882)
- Xerosecta orientalis Uvalieva & Sacharnova, 1995: synonym of Kalitinaia orientalis (Uvalieva & Sacharnova, 1995) (original combination)
Xerosecta arnaizi
Xerosecta bodsonae
Xerosecta brunoti
Xerosecta castriesi
Xerosecta cespitum
Xerosecta edrissiana
Xerosecta explanata
Xerosecta globuloidea
Xerosecta mogadorensis fusca
Xerosecta pharussica alba
Xerosecta pharussica minor
Xerosecta submoesta (white form)
Xerosecta submoesta (banded form)
Xerosecta submoesta (brown form)
Xerosecta vaucheri
References
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ WMSDB: Xerosecta leptocolpata
- ↑ University of Michigan: Invert E Base
- Kobelt, W. (1892). Literaturbericht. Nachrichtsblatt der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft, 24 (7/8): 149–152. Frankfurt am Main
- Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16, 2017
External links
- Species list at: [1]
- Taxonomy and a good shell image at: [2]
- Excellent info at: [3]
- 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
- J. E. (1821). A natural arrangement of Mollusca, according to their internal structure. London Medical Repository. 15 (87): 229–239
Wikidata ☰ Q8043889 entry
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