Marmorana
Genus of gastropods
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Marmorana is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Murellinae of the family Helicidae.[2]
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| Marmorana | |
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| Shell of Marmorana muralis (specimen at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Superfamily: | Helicoidea |
| Family: | Helicidae |
| Subfamily: | Murellinae |
| Genus: | Marmorana W. Hartmann, 1844[1] |
| Type species | |
| Helix serpentina A. Férussac, 1821 | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Anatomy
Species within this genus create and use love darts as part of their mating behavior.
Love dart of Marmorana serpentina
Love dart of Marmorana scabriuscula
Taxonomy
Marmorana is paraphyletic.[3]
Species
Species within the genus Marmorana include:[4][5]
- Marmorana fuscolabiata (Rossmässler, 1842)
- Marmorana globularis (Philippi, 1836)
- † Marmorana majoris (De Stefani, 1880)
- Marmorana melitensis (A. Férussac, 1821)
- Marmorana muralis (O. F. Müller, 1774)
- Marmorana nebrodensis (O. F. Müller, 1774)
- Marmorana platychela (Menke, 1830)
- † Marmorana sabina (Tuccimei, 1889)
- Marmorana saxetana (Paulucci, 1886)
- Marmorana scabriuscula (Deshayes, 1832)
- Marmorana serpentina (A. Férussac, 1821) - type species
- Marmorana sicana [citation needed]
- Marmorana signata (A. Férussac, 1821)
