Xerarionta kellettii

Taxobox
name = Xerarionta


regnum = Animalia
phylum = Mollusca
classis = Gastropoda
ordo = Stylommatophora
familia = Helminthoglyptidae
genus = "Xerarionta"
species = "X. kelletii"
binomial = "Xerarionta kelletii"
binomial_authority = (Forbes, 1850)

"Xerarionta kelletii" is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Helminthoglyptidae.

Anatomy

Snails in this species create and use love darts.

The scanning electron microscope images on the left show (above) the lateral view of the love dart, scale bar 500 μm (0.5 mm); and (below) a cross section of the dart, scale bar 50 μm.

References

* cite journal
author = Bouchet, P. & Rocroi, J.-P.
year = 2005
date=
title = Classification and Nomenclator of Gastropod Families
journal = Malacologia
volume =47
issue = 1-2
pages = 1–397
issn =
doi =

* A little info at [http://www.discoverlife.org/mp/20o?search=Xerarionta+kelletii]