Xeromunda

Xeromunda
Five views of a shell of Xeromunda candiota (Pfeiffer, 1849)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Stylommatophora
Family:	Geomitridae
Subfamily:	Helicellinae
Genus:	Xeromunda Monterosato, 1892
Type species
Helix candiota L. Pfeiffer, 1849
Synonyms
Xeromunda (Candidella) Hausdorf, 1990 Xerophila (Xeromunda) Monterosato, 1892

Xeromunda is a genus of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Helicellinae of the family Geomitridae, the harry snails and their allies.

Species of snails in this genus make and use love darts as part of their mating behavior.

Species

Species within the genus Xeromunda include:

• Xeromunda alticola Hausdorf, 1995
• Xeromunda candiota (L. Pfeiffer, 1849)
• Xeromunda durieui (L. Pfeiffer, 1848)
• Xeromunda mairei (Pallary, 1929) (synonym: Xerophila mairei Pallary, 1929)
• Xeromunda peloponnesia Hausdorf, 1990
• Xeromunda thessalica Hausdorf, 1990
• Xeromunda vulgarissima (Mousson, 1859)

References

• Kobelt, W. (1892). Literaturbericht. Nachrichtsblatt der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft, 24 (7/8): 149–152. Frankfurt am Main
• Hausdorf, B. (1990). Die Xeromunda-Arten des griechischen Festlandes (Gastropoda: Hygromiidae). Archiv für Molluskenkunde, 119 (4/6): 107–131. Frankfurt am Main
• Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16, 2017

External links

• Monterosato, T. A. di. (1892). Molluschi terrestri delle isole adiacenti alla Sicilia. Atti della Reale Accademia di Scienze, Lettere e Belle Arti di Palermo. 3rd Series, 2: 1-34

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