Bradybaena[2] is a genus of small, air-breathing land snails, or terrestrial molluscs in the family Bradybaenidae.[1]

Bradybaena
A shell of Bradybaena similaris
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Bradybaenidae
Genus: Bradybaena
(Beck, 1837)
Type species
Helix similaris
Férussac, 1822
Synonyms[1]
  • Bradybaena (Bradybaena) H. Beck, 1837
  • Bradybaena thakkholensis Schileyko & Kuznetsov, 1998
  • Eulota (Eulotella) E. von Martens, 1891
  • Eulotella E. von Martens, 1891
  • Helix (Bradybaena) Beck, 1837 (original rank)
  • Helix (Eulotella) E. von Martens, 1891

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

Distribution edit

This genus occurs in eastern and southern Asia. The European species Fruticicola fruticum was previously in this genus.

Species edit

Species brought into synonymy
  • Bradybaena alaica Kuznetsov, 1998: synonym of Fruticicola alaica (Kuznetsov, 1998) (original combination)
  • Bradybaena boevi Uvalieva, 1967: synonym of Fruticicola boevi (Uvalieva, 1967) (original combination)
  • Bradybaena hirsuta Matiokon, 1966: synonym of Ponsadenia hirsuta (Matiokin, 1966) (original combination)
  • Bradybaena changchunensis X.-L. Sun, Z.-H. Zeng & J. He, 2017 : synonym of Bradybaena virgo (Pilsbry, 1927)
  • Bradybaena thakkholensis Schileyko & Kuznetsov, 1998: accepted as Bradybaena H. Beck, 1837

References edit

  1. ^ a b MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Bradybaena H. Beck, 1837. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=818138 on 2020-06-19
  2. ^ AnimalBase Göttingen: Genus summary for Bradybaena
  • Schileyko, A. A. & Kuznetsov, A. G. (1998). Land snails of the genus Landouria Godwin-Austen, 1918 and some other Bradybaenidae of Nepal (Gastropoda, Pulmonata). Ruthenica. 8(1): 43-54
  • Thach N.N., 2018 New shells of South Asia. Seashells-Landsnails-Freshwater Shells. 3 New Genera, 132 New Species & Subspecies, p. 173 pp
  • Zhang, G. (2019). Three new synonyms among Chinese camaenid snails (Gastropoda: Eupulmonata: Camaenidae). Folia Malacologica 27(1): 75-77

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