Monachoides

Monachoides
Monachoides vicinus
Monachoides incarnatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group Sigmurethra
Superfamily: Helicoidea
Family: Hygromiidae
Genus: Monachoides
Gude & Woodward, 1921[1]

Monachoides is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Hygromiidae, the hairy snails and their allies.

Some species of snails in this genus create and use love darts as part of their mating behavior.

Species

Species within the genus Monachoides include:

  • Monachoides bacescui Grossu, 1979
  • Monachoides fallax (Wagner, 1914)
  • Monachoides incarnatus (Müller, 1774) - type species, sometimes the adjectival species name is treated as if the genus name had a feminine gender: Monarchoides incarnata
  • Monachoides kosovensis De Winter & Maassen, 1992
  • Monachoides taraensis De Winter & Maassen, 1992
  • Monachoides vicinus (Rossmässler, 1842)

References

  1. ^ Gude G. K. & Woodward B. B. (1921). "Some emendations to their recent paper "On Helicella, Férussac."". Annals and Magazine of Natural History (9)8(48): 624-626. page 625.

External links

  • Taxonomy: [1]