Marmorana
| Marmorana | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Marmorana sicana | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura |
| Superfamily: | Helicoidea |
| Family: | Helicidae |
| Subfamily: | Helicinae |
| Tribe: | Murellini |
| Genus: | Marmorana W. Hartmann, 1844[1] |
| Species | |
|
See text | |
Marmorana is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Helicidae.
Anatomy
Species within this genus create and use love darts as part of their mating behavior.
Love dart of Marmorana serpentina
Love dart of Marmorana scabriuscula
Taxonomy
Marmorana is paraphyletic.[2]
Species
Species within the genus Marmorana include:[3][4]
- Marmorana fuscolabiata
- Marmorana globularis
- Marmorana melitensis
- Marmorana muralis
- Marmorana nebrodensis
- Marmorana platychela
- Marmorana saxetana
- Marmorana scabriuscula
- Marmorana serpentina - type species
- Marmorana sicana
- Marmorana signata
References
- ↑ Hartmann, J. D. W. 1840: Erd- und Süsswasser-Gasteropoden. pp. i-xx [= 1-20], 1-227, Tab. I-XII [= 1-12], I-XII [sic, = 13-24], 25-84. St. Gallen. (Scheitlin & Zollikofer).
- ↑ Fiorentino V., Salomone N., Manganelli G. & Giusti F. (2010). "Historical biogeography of Tyrrhenian land snails: The Marmorana–Tyrrheniberus radiation (Pulmonata, Helicidae)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 55(1): 26-37. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2009.11.024.
- ↑ Taxonomy and species list
- ↑ Species in genus Marmorana. AnimalBase, accessed 7 April 2009.
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 3/7/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.