Monachoides
Genus of gastropods
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Monachoides is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Hygromiidae, the hairy snails and their allies.[2]
| Monachoides | |
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| Monachoides incarnatus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Superfamily: | Helicoidea |
| Family: | Hygromiidae |
| Subfamily: | Hygromiinae |
| Genus: | Monachoides Gude & Woodward, 1921[1] |
Some species of snails in this genus create and use love darts as part of their mating behavior.
Species
The following species are recognised within the genus Monachoides:
- Monachoides bacescui (Grossu, 1979)
- †Monachoides barotiana Marinescu, 1975
- Monachoides fallax (Wagner, 1914)
- Monachoides incarnatus (Müller, 1774) - the type species, sometimes the adjectival species name is treated as if the genus name had a feminine gender: Monarchoides incarnata
- Monachoides kosovoensis (De Winter & Maassen, 1992)
- Monachoides taraensis (De Winter & Maassen, 1992)
- Monachoides vicinus (Rossmässler, 1842)
