Perforatella

Perforatella
Perforatella bidentata shells
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group Sigmurethra
Superfamily: Helicoidea
Family: Hygromiidae
Genus: Perforatella
Schlüter, 1838

Perforatella is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Hygromiidae, the hairy snails and their allies.

This genus of snails is native to northeastern Europe to the Caucasus and Siberia.

Species in this genus of snails create and use love darts in their mating behavior.

Species

Species within the genus Perforatella:

References


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