Xerosecta
| Xerosecta | |
|---|---|
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| A live but retracted individual of Xerosecta cespitum | |
| 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: | Xerosecta Monterosato, 1892 |
Xerosecta is a genus of small, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Hygromiidae, the hairy snails and their allies.
Snails in this genus create and use love darts as part of their mating behavior.
Species
Species within the genus Xerosecta include:
- Xerosecta adolfi
- Xerosecta arigonis
- Xerosecta cespitum
- Xerosecta contermina
- Xerosecta conspurcata
- Xerosecta dohrni
- Xerosecta explanata
- Xerosecta giustii
- Xerosecta hillyeriana
- Xerosecta introducta
- Xerosecta promissa
- Xerosecta reboundiana
- Xerosecta terverii
- Xerosecta vaucheri
Xerosecta bodsonae
Xerosecta castriesi
Xerosecta cespitum
Xerosecta edrissiana
Xerosecta explanata
Xerosecta mogadorensis fusca
Xerosecta submoesta (white form)
Xerosecta submoesta (banded form)
Xerosecta submoesta (brown form)
Xerosecta vaucheri
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