Bradybaena

Bradybaena
A shell of Bradybaena similaris
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Mollusca
Class:Gastropoda
Clade:Heterobranchia
Clade:Euthyneura
Order:Panpulmonata
Clade:Eupulmonata
Clade:Stylommatophora
Informal group:Sigmurethra
Family:Bradybaenidae
Genus:Bradybaena
(Beck, 1837)

Bradybaena[1] is a genus of small, air-breathing land snails, or terrestrial molluscs in the family Bradybaenidae.

Species of snail within this genus create and use love darts prior to mating.

Distribution

This genus occurs in eastern and southern Asia. The European species Fruticicola fruticum was previously in this genus.

Species

  • Bradybaena changchunensis X.-L. Sun, Z.-H. Zeng & J. He, 2017
  • Bradybaena pellucida
  • Bradybaena qixiaensis M. Wu & Asami, 2017
  • Bradybaena radicidola (Benson, 1848)
  • Bradybaena similaris (Férussac, 1822)
  • Bradybaena thakkholensis Schileyko & Kuznetsov, 1998
  • Bradybaena wangkai X.-L. Sun, Z.-H. Zeng & J. He, 2017

References

  1. ↑ AnimalBase Göttingen: Genus summary for Bradybaena
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