Xerosecta

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Xerosecta is a genus of small, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Helicellinae of the family Geomitridae,[1] the hairy snails and their allies.

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Xerosecta
A live but retracted individual of Xerosecta cespitum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Geomitridae
Subfamily: Helicellinae
Genus: Xerosecta
Monterosato, 1892
Type species
Helix explanata
O. F. Müller, 1774
Synonyms
  • Cernuella (Xeromagna) Monterosato, 1892 · (superseded generic combination)
  • Cernuella (Xerosecta) Monterosato, 1892 ·
  • Helicella (Xeromagna) Monterosato, 1892 ·
  • Helix (Jacosta) Gray, 1821 · (invalid: Placed on Index)
  • Jacosta Gray, 1821 · (invalid: Placed on the Official...)
  • Polloneria Alzona & Alzona Bisacchi, 1939 · (homonym: non Clausilia...)
  • Polloneriella Alzona & Alzona Bisacchi, 1940 ·
  • Xerambigua Monterosato, 1892 ·
  • Xeromagna Monterosato, 1892 ·
  • Xeromoesta Monterosato, 1892 ·
  • Xerosecta (Polloneriella) Alzona & Alzona Bisacchi, 1940 · alternate representation
  • Xerosecta (Xeromagna) Monterosato, 1892 · alternate representation
  • Xerosecta (Xerosecta) Monterosato, 1892 · alternate representation
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Snails in this genus create and use love darts as part of their mating behavior.

Species

Species within the genus Xerosecta include:

  • Xerosecta adolfi L. Pfeiffer, 1854)
  • Xerosecta arigonis (A. Schmidt, 1853)
  • Xerosecta brachyflagellata De Mattia & Mascia, 2014
  • Xerosecta cespitum (Draparnaud, 1801)
  • Xerosecta contermina (L. Pfeiffer, 1848)
  • Xerosecta dohrni (Paulucci, 1882)
  • Xerosecta explanata (O. F. Müller, 1774)
  • Xerosecta giustii Manganelli & Favilli, 1996
  • Xerosecta introducta (A. Villa & G. B. Villa, 1841)
  • Xerosecta leptocolpata (P.M. Pallary, 1923)[2]
  • Xerosecta pharussica (P.M. Pallary, 1926)[3]
  • Xerosecta promissa (Westerlund, 1892)
  • Xerosecta reboundiana (Bourguignat, 1863)
  • Xerosecta sandaliotica De Mattia & Mascia, 2014
  • Xerosecta terverii (Michaud, 1831)
  • Xerosecta vaucheri (P.M. Pallary, 1901)
Synonyms
  • Xerosecta gvozdevi Soboleva, Rymzhanov & Plachov, 1995: synonym of Kalitinaia gvozdevi (Soboleva, Rymzhanov & Plachov, 1995) (superseded combination, basionym)
  • Xerosecta hillyeriana (M. Paulucci, 1882): synonym of Xerosecta dohrni (Paulucci, 1882)
  • Xerosecta orientalis Uvalieva & Sacharnova, 1995: synonym of Kalitinaia orientalis (Uvalieva & Sacharnova, 1995) (original combination)

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