Candidula
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| Candidula | |
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| Two live individuals of Candidula unifasciata | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Geomitridae |
| Genus: | Candidula Kobelt, 1871[1] |
| Type species | |
| Glischrus (Helix) candidula Studer, 1820 | |
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Candidula is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Geomitridae, .[2][3] the hairy snails and their allies.
The genus is characterized by the presence of a big dart sac, a sac containing an arrow-like structure found on a land snail's reproductive organs.
Species within the genus Candidula s.l. include:[4][5]
- Candidula candidescens A. J. Wagner, 1928 (taxon inquirendum)
- Candidula castriota Soós, 1924
- Candidula cavannae (Paulucci, 1881)
- Candidula codia (Bourguignat, 1859)
- Candidula conglomeratica Bodon, Cianfanelli, Chueca & Pfenninger, 2020
- Candidula lernaea Hausdorf, 1991
- †Candidula radigueli (Bourguignat, 1869)
- †Candidula rechodia (Bourguignat, 1862)
- Candidula rhabdotoides (A. J. Wagner, 1928)
- Candidula rugosiuscula (Michaud, 1831)
- † Candidula soosi (Gaál, 1910)
- Candidula syrensis (Pfeiffer, 1846) (taxon inquirendum)
- Candidula unifasciata (Poiret, 1801) - type species
- Candidula verticillata (Pfeiffer, 1871) (taxon inquirendum, generic affiliation unclear)
- Species brought into synonymy
- Candidula arganica (Servain, 1880): synonym of Zarateana arganica (Servain, 1880) (invalid combination)
- Candidula belemensis (Servain, 1880): synonym of Xeroplexa belemensis (Servain, 1880)
- Candidula camporroblensis (Fez, 1944): synonym of Backeljaia camporroblensis (Fez, 1944) (invalid combination)
- Candidula corbellai Martínez-Ortí, 2011: synonym of Backeljaia corbellai (Martínez-Ortí, 2011) (original combination)
- Candidula coudensis Holyoak & Holyoak, 2010: synonym of Xeroplexa coudensis (Holyoak & Holyoak, 2010) (original combination)
- Candidula fiorii (Alzona & Alzona Bisacchi, 1938): synonym of Xerogyra fiorii (Alzona & Alzona Bisachii, 1938) (invalid combination)
- Candidula gigaxii (Pfeiffer, 1847): synonym of Backeljaia gigaxii (L. Pfeiffer, 1847) (invalid combination)
- Candidula grovesiana (Paulucci, 1881): synonym of Xerogyra grovesiana (Paulucii, 1881) (invalid combination)
- Candidula intersecta (Poiret, 1801): synonym of Xeroplexa intersecta (Poiret, 1801) (invalid combination)
- Candidula najerensis (Ortiz de Zárate y López, 1950): synonym of Backeljaia najerensis (Ortiz de Zárate y López, 1950) (invalid combination)
- Candidula olisippensis (Servain, 1880): synonym of Xeroplexa olisippensis (Servain, 1880) (invalid combination)
- Candidula rocandioi (Ortiz de Zárate y López, 1950): synonym of Zarateana rocandioi (Ortiz de Zárate y López, 1950) (invalid combination)
- Candidula setubalensis (Pfeiffer, 1850): synonym of Xeroplexa setubalensis (L. Pfeiffer, 1850) (invalid combination)
- Candidula spadae (Calcara, 1845): synonym of Xerogyra spadae (Calcara, 1845) (invalid combination)
- † Candidula striataformis (Lörenthey, 1906): synonym of † Helicella striataformis (Lörenthey, 1906)
- Candidula ultima (Mousson, 1872): synonym of Orexana ultima (Mousson, 1872) (invalid combination)
