Fruticicola

Fruticicola
Fruticicola fruticum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Camaenidae
Subfamily: Bradybaeninae
Tribe: Bradybaenini
Genus: Fruticicola
Held, 1838
Type species
Helix fruticum Müller, 1774
Synonyms
  • Eulota Hartmann, 1841
  • Helix (Eulota) W. Hartmann, 1841 (unaccepted rank)
  • Helix (Fruticicola) Held, 1838 (considered a separate genus)
  • Hygromia (Fruticicola) Held, 1838 (considered as a separate genus)
  • Kaznakoviella Lindholm, 1922
  • Koreanohadra Kuroda & Habe, 1949
  • Virginihelix Kuroda & Habe, 1949

Fruticicola is a genus of medium-sized, air-breathing land snails, which are terrestrial molluscs in the tribe Bradybaenini of the subfamily Bradybaeninae in the family Camaenidae.

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

Species

Species within this genus include:

References

  1. ↑ Held F. 1838. Notizen über die Weichthiere Bayerns. (Fortsetzung.). Isis 1837 (12): 902-921. Leipzig.
  2. ↑ MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Fruticicola Held, 1838. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=934358 on 2020-11-26