Xerosecta

Xerosecta
A live but retracted individual of Xerosecta cespitum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Geomitridae
Subfamily: Helicellinae
Genus: Xerosecta
Monterosato, 1892
Type species
Helix explanata
Synonyms
  • Cernuella (Xeromagna) Monterosato, 1892 · (superseded generic combination)
  • Cernuella (Xerosecta) Monterosato, 1892 ·
  • Helicella (Xeromagna) Monterosato, 1892 ·
  • Helix (Jacosta) Gray, 1821 · (invalid: Placed on Index)
  • Jacosta Gray, 1821 · (invalid: Placed on the Official...)
  • Polloneria Alzona & Alzona Bisacchi, 1939 · (homonym: non Clausilia...)
  • Polloneriella Alzona & Alzona Bisacchi, 1940 ·
  • Xerambigua Monterosato, 1892 ·
  • Xeromagna Monterosato, 1892 ·
  • Xeromoesta Monterosato, 1892 ·
  • Xerosecta (Polloneriella) Alzona & Alzona Bisacchi, 1940 · alternate representation
  • Xerosecta (Xeromagna) Monterosato, 1892 · alternate representation
  • Xerosecta (Xerosecta) Monterosato, 1892 · alternate representation

Xerosecta is a genus of small, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Helicellinae of the family Geomitridae, 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:

Synonyms

References

  1. ↑ Razkin, Oihana; Gómez-Moliner, Benjamín Juán; Prieto, Carlos Enrique; Martínez-Ortí, Alberto; Arrébola, José Ramón; Muñoz, Benito; Chueca, Luis Javier; Madeira, María José (February 2015). "Molecular phylogeny of the western Palaearctic Helicoidea (Gastropoda, Stylommatophora)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 83: 99–117. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2014.11.014. PMID 25485783.
  2. ↑ WMSDB: Xerosecta leptocolpata
  3. ↑ "University of Michigan: Invert E Base". Archived from the original on 23 January 2025. Retrieved 21 September 2023.