Monadenia
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| Monadenia | |
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| Monadenia fidelis | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Superfamily: | Helicoidea |
| Family: | Xanthonychidae |
| Subfamily: | Monadeniinae |
| Genus: | Monadenia Pilsbry, 1895[1] |
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Monadenia is a genus of air-breathing land snails in the subfamily Monadeniinae.[3]
These pulmonate, terrestrial molluscs belong to the gastropod class.
Snails in this genus create and use love darts as part of their mating behavior.
