Xeromunda
Genus of gastropods
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Xeromunda is a genus of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Helicellinae of the family Geomitridae, the harry snails and their allies.[1]
| Xeromunda | |
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| Five views of a shell of Xeromunda candiota (Pfeiffer, 1849) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Geomitridae |
| Subfamily: | Helicellinae |
| Genus: | Xeromunda Monterosato, 1892 |
| Type species | |
| Helix candiota L. Pfeiffer, 1849 | |
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Species of snails in this genus make and use love darts as part of their mating behavior.
Species
Species within the genus Xeromunda include:
- Xeromunda alticola Hausdorf, 1995
- Xeromunda candiota (L. Pfeiffer, 1849)
- Xeromunda durieui (L. Pfeiffer, 1848)
- Xeromunda mairei (Pallary, 1929) (synonym: Xerophila mairei Pallary, 1929)
- Xeromunda peloponnesia Hausdorf, 1990
- Xeromunda thessalica Hausdorf, 1990
- Xeromunda vulgarissima (Mousson, 1859)
