Bradybaena
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| Bradybaena | |
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| A shell of Bradybaena similaris | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Camaenidae |
| Subfamily: | Bradybaeninae |
| Genus: | Bradybaena (Beck, 1837) |
| Type species | |
| Helix similaris Férussac, 1822 | |
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Bradybaena[2] is a genus of small, air-breathing land snails, or terrestrial molluscs in the family Camaenidae.[1]
Species of snail within this genus create and use love darts prior to mating.
This genus occurs in eastern and southern Asia. The European species Fruticicola fruticum was previously in this genus.
