Xerosecta is a genus of small, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Helicellinae of the family Geomitridae,[1] the hairy snails and their allies.
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| A live but retracted individual of Xerosecta cespitum | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Geomitridae |
| Subfamily: | Helicellinae |
| Genus: | Xerosecta Monterosato, 1892 |
| Type species | |
| Helix explanata O. F. Müller, 1774
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Snails in this genus create and use love darts as part of their mating behavior.
Species edit
Species within the genus Xerosecta include:
- Xerosecta adolfi L. Pfeiffer, 1854)
- Xerosecta arigonis (A. Schmidt, 1853)
- Xerosecta brachyflagellata De Mattia & Mascia, 2014
- Xerosecta cespitum (Draparnaud, 1801)
- Xerosecta contermina (L. Pfeiffer, 1848)
- Xerosecta dohrni (Paulucci, 1882)
- Xerosecta explanata (O. F. Müller, 1774)
- Xerosecta giustii Manganelli & Favilli, 1996
- Xerosecta introducta (A. Villa & G. B. Villa, 1841)
- Xerosecta leptocolpata (P.M. Pallary, 1923) [2]
- Xerosecta pharussica (P.M. Pallary, 1926) [3]
- Xerosecta promissa (Westerlund, 1892)
- Xerosecta reboundiana (Bourguignat, 1863)
- Xerosecta sandaliotica De Mattia & Mascia, 2014
- Xerosecta terverii (Michaud, 1831)
- Xerosecta vaucheri (P.M. Pallary, 1901)
- Synonyms
- Xerosecta gvozdevi Soboleva, Rymzhanov & Plachov, 1995: synonym of Kalitinaia gvozdevi (Soboleva, Rymzhanov & Plachov, 1995) (superseded combination, basionym)
- Xerosecta hillyeriana (M. Paulucci, 1882): synonym of Xerosecta dohrni (Paulucci, 1882)
- Xerosecta orientalis Uvalieva & Sacharnova, 1995: synonym of Kalitinaia orientalis (Uvalieva & Sacharnova, 1995) (original combination)
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Xerosecta arnaizi -
Xerosecta bodsonae -
Xerosecta brunoti -
Xerosecta castriesi -
Xerosecta cespitum -
Xerosecta edrissiana -
Xerosecta explanata -
Xerosecta globuloidea -
Xerosecta mogadorensis fusca -
Xerosecta pharussica alba -
Xerosecta pharussica minor -
Xerosecta submoesta (white form) -
Xerosecta submoesta (banded form) -
Xerosecta submoesta (brown form) -
Xerosecta vaucheri
References edit
- ^ 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.
- ^ WMSDB: Xerosecta leptocolpata
- ^ University of Michigan: Invert E Base
- Kobelt, W. (1892). Literaturbericht. Nachrichtsblatt der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft, 24 (7/8): 149–152. Frankfurt am Main
- Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16, 2017
External links edit
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Xerosecta.
- Species list at: [1]
- Taxonomy and a good shell image at: [2]
- Excellent info at: [3]
- 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
- J. E. (1821). A natural arrangement of Mollusca, according to their internal structure. London Medical Repository. 15 (87): 229–239